Valdivia

I have been sitting in bed all day drinking instant espresso (which I prefer to instant coffee) pretending to read 40 pages in Spanish. Nope.

This weekend I went to Valdivia, this city about six hours South of Concepción. By the way, I know how to make accents with my keyboard now. And Google speaks English again. Figuring this shit out. It was a cool place, we arrived at 6am and dropped off our stuff at the hostel before heading down to the fish market. Where there were SEA LIONS. Pretty cool. Had a little breakfast adventure, obtained dinner supplies from the fish market, and set off to check out this island with the ruins of an old Spanish fort... sick.



Afterwards we decided to stop in for a visit at the brewery that produces Chile's artisan beers - Kunstmann. We purchased a couple columns (yes, personal taps, see left) and went to work. A few hours later we returned to the hostel and for cooking, drinking, dinner, and activities. I have nothing to say about this except that I was sleeping by probably 9pm, and in the morning we realized one of our amigos was missing and consequentially in Chilean jail.
Whoops.
Saturday included an epic hike through the country near the coast (incredible views, and killer hills) some random German restaurant, and another midnight bus ride home.