We were on the tenders early today.
Immediately after getting onto the streets from the port we got
a local tour to visit the city of Puerto Varas situated north of the
port on the third largest lake in South America called
Lake Llanquihue. Nearby are three volcano's; one called Orsono
is very much like Fuji in Japan and is spectacular. Another very
close volcano erupted only three years ago with much volcanic
dust in evidence as we made our way by it on the way to
Petrohue Falls. This is a major tourist attraction here and
we know this because EVERY TOUR BUS FROM TWO
CRUISE SHIPS were there at the same time.Today was one
of those days where I didn’t expect much but turned out to be wonderful.
We stopped at Puerto Varas on the way back and Caro and I
had lunch with a Toronto couple while the other eight choose
to walk around the town. The city and area was settled by
German immigrants and retains the architecture of the old country.
The whole area is beautiful and it was wonderful driving through the
countryside.
Back in Puerto Montt Caro wanted to do some souvenir shopping
for Hannah. Later at the port control we got fantastic wi-fi so I was
able to catch up the kids and download some more podcasts
which I listen to at night when going to sleep).
We went to the dining room tonight and asked to sit with
other people. They were a couple from England and a couple from
Florida. Great conversation.
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