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Front gate of Carola’s parents home in Villa Alemana
- Note the bags of rubbish on the wall to prevent dogs from getting at
them. Neil going out of the gate to the road. |
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Wire connections found all over Villa Alemana
- Villa Alemana. I am surprised that people are not electrocuted. These
wire connections are found all over the towns and cities in Chile. |
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Wonderful veggies! - In Villa Alemana vegetables for sale on the street. Look at the size of the artichokes! Near lunch time one also finds bags of cooked vegetables for sale on the street. |
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Kids will be kids! - Villa Alemana – kids on their way home for lunch. In Chile kids go home for lunch between 1 and 4.
Kids wear uniforms but in school they also
have to wear a white lab-type coat in class over their uniforms. It was
strange to see kids in school uniform smoking but that seemed to be fine
in Chile. |
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First-world transport! - Villa Alemana – suburban trains come every 8 minutes – going to
Valparaiso. The trains are 4 coaches long and clean inside and out, and heated. There is piped classical music on the stations. |
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Most photogenic! - Carola and
Neil on the train. They had been married in a civil ceremony earlier in the week. |
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Quality transport! - Low backs. Clean train. The doors open only if you press a button. |
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Gordon and Wendy
Having a bite to eat. |
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Love between mother and daughter - Carol and her mother,
Pelu. Lovely warm mother whose English
was much better than my non-existent Spanish. |
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Lunch at Villa Alemana
- Harvey, Carola, Neil, Debbie, Katie, Rick and our Katie showing her muscles. Carola’s mother loved cooking great meals. |
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Talking! - Wendy and Carola’s mother after lunch. In Chile lunch is the main meal. |
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Marvellous dish made by Carola’s mother
- For meals on the wedding day. Made the day before so she had time for the preparations. Layers of vegetable between layers of pancake. |
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Left over from lunch eaten
when we arrived home - Rice and stuffed big baby marrow. |
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Huge casseroled chicken
- Lunch. Harvey, Carola’s dad, Claudio, and Debbie. |
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