Valle del Encanto (The Enchanted Valley)
This past weekend (Easter weekend) gave us our first 3-day weekend since arriving in Chile. So, it was a perfect opportunity to do even more exploring! On Friday, we headed down to Valle del...
The Continuing Adventures of the Itinerant Bernmohrs
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Fray Jorge National Park
After a month of caring for Mia and a couple of weeks recovery, we were finally ready to get back to exploring our adoptive country! One of the places we had heard about and...
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Mia Part 3
Mia came to stay with us a month ago today. That sounds like such a short time when, in fact, it seemed like she lived with us for months! About a week after my...
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Adventures in Grocery Shopping
Confession time. Before coming to Chile, I had this romantic idea in my head that there would be lots of small shops selling very specialized supplies – like vegetables, fruit, meat, etc. But there...
Mia – Part 2
So, a little over a week ago, we started fostering Mia, the double amputee street dog who was found severely injured in a ditch. Honestly, it seems like she’s been with us so much...
Mia
For those of you who know me pretty well, it won’t come as much surprise to know that it didn’t take long for me to go from excited/nervous about our new surroundings… to bored...
Cerro Corazón
On our first weekend in Chile, in late January, we hiked up Cerro Grande, the 1800 foot hill that dominates the eastern skyline of La Serena. At the time, we met an elderly gentleman...
Exploration – Part II: Elqui Valley
About three weeks after arriving in La Serena, it was time for our first visit to the Elqui Valley. The Elqui Valley starts on the edge of La Serena and heads east toward Argentina....
Exploration – Part 1: Cerro Grande
Our first weekend in La Serena, after the jet lag and culture shock had both started to fade, it was time to start exploring our surroundings. That’s Deb and Todd speak for “go for...
Culture Shock
Now that life is settling down a bit. It’s time for some reflection on the interesting differences we’ve noted between our new home – La Serena, Chile, and our old home – Washington State,...
Settling In
Welcome back! Quite a lot has happened since Todd and I arrived at our hotel apartment in La Serena three weeks ago. To start with, we only spent nine days at the hotel before...
In Transit
Question. How much stuff do you bring on the plane to Chile if you don’t know when the rest of your possessions will arrive but suspect it will be at least 4 months? What...
Prepping for the Move – Part 2: The Saga of the Cat/The Saga of the Bench
THE SAGA OF THE CAT For most of the time we were planning this move, we were expecting to move with two pets. Our cat, Smudge and our dog, Kola. The vast majority of...
Prepping for the Move – Part 1: Getting Ready to Move/The Saga of the COVID Paperwork
Todd and I recently determined that in the 27 years we’ve been together, we’d moved a total of 11 times and lived in 5 states (Minnesota, Alaska, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington) and 2 countries...
