Farmer's Market

Today was our first full day in Valdivia! I was feeling kind of down about it yesterday but today helped shine a new light on Valdivia. We started off walking on the waterfront. Valdivia is beautiful and we were surprised when we ran across sea lions on a dock right by where we were walking. I had no idea there were sea lions here so it was a big shock. We watched them for a while, they're fascinating! It's so cool living somewhere that has wildlife like that.

Anyway we continued on and found the farmer's market which we had heard about but didn't know where it was. It had the Pike Place feel but not as big. It was really cool though. This town is full of culture. It had tons of fresh produce and sea food. The professor we met on the bus said it was hard to go to the farmer's market when you can't cook and now I understand why. You could make a feast! We bought grapes, avocado and crab. Yum.

For lunch we walked to this place that the professor had pointed out on our way into town. The menu was in Spanish so we had no idea what it said. We kinda pointed and agreed with whatever he said because his english wasn't very good and neither is our spanish. What we ended up getting was AMAZING, although way too much food. First course (who knew we were ordering courses? Not us!) Were these amazing pork strips. They were the most flavorful thing I had ever tasted. Then they brought us a steak which was also amazing, and topped it all off with fries. The food was cooked on this open bbq stove thing and it gave the food this amazing smoky taste. Even the rolls! The cook let us take a picture in his kitchen, they were all so nice. We're definitely going back there, but maybe not ordering so much.

17 weeks until I come back! What? I'm not counting or anything. 2 more days until I meet my host family. This whole adventure hasn't even really started yet and it feels like it's been forever..in a good way...mostly. I love traveling but I miss my peeps back at home! Love you all!