I was in Chile for nine days and just got back last week. It’s winter in Chile and it’s rather surprising how much is growing. We were in the northern half of the country — Atacama desert down to Santiago.
My first pictures are from the Atacama desert.
My husband and his colleague teach an interdisciplinary course that focuses on the northern half of Chile. My husband teaches about Astronomy and Archeoastronomy and his colleague teaches literature, history and culture. It’s a semester long course that ends in a two-week trip in January. We went down for a scouting trip because many things had changed since the pandemic. I have lots of pictures of hostels because finding accommodations for twenty was paramount. Chile is very different from the US in that they have tall walls right on the sidewalk. Most of the time they look pretty terrible on the outside but once you walk inside the space opens up and there’s nearly always a beautiful courtyard garden inside.
We then traveled south to La Serena which is on the ocean. They're known for having flowers everywhere.
Then we traveled to the Pisco growing region. We found an extraordinary hacienda to stay in.
Then we got to Santiago and I didn’t take many pictures. They had an uprising and the city still bears the scars. The government is starting to clean up the city but it will take some time. Here’s the Cathedral.
Now, here’s what’s going on in my garden.
That’s it for me. What’s going on in your neck of the woods?