Chile Forum

Hey Vicki,

Great stuff, thanks for taking the time to describe it in such detail.

John Hyre

Vickie,

I feel the same way. I do not like your views, I do like you & also like learning in general & from your posts in particular. Mother in law just flew in yesterday, looks like about 15 months before we come down for a year, assuming things go somewhat close to plan. We shall have to see if we agree on cuisine, beer & the really important things when we visit the South.

Hyre

Election time must be fun - who sleeps on the sofa? Coooooome to the Dark Side Vicki. Yoda is (was) a muppet and puts verbs on the end of his sentences without being German. One more Thing to ponder before beer in Chile. My better half makes me look like a Kennedy (and I don't mean that she drives well on bridges).

Hyre

At first, and during the trip ....The hard part seemed like getting here. Wrapping up loose ends, packing, traveling, deciding what to take, give away, leave. And then we pulled into Futaleufu, late at night on a Sunday, with a stupid dog, an overloaded pickup truck, and no reservations. The little things always seem monumental, but in retrospect, they were nothing. No big deal. You figure it out, settle in, get your wits about you, then you really find out what tribulations are ahead. The real culture shock sets in. The feelings of, "Oh my god, what were we thinking?!" is an annoying mantra you try to bat away in the waking hours of each morning like a nasty fly . This is the hardest time/times. Because some of the excitement has worn off - not because it isn't exciting, but because reality is pushing excitement right out the door.

Vicki

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Great posts.

For other entertainment, we let Max tear up a cardboard box.

And I don't know why but, that sentence absolutely cracked me up

CB....