living tranki

Since I´ve moved, I have definitely gotten more into a routine. I get up in the morning, make me some coffee (I HAVE A COFFEE MAKER IN MY NEW PLACE...CLUTCH)...and have granola with warm milk due to the frigidness of the mornings. Just too cold for cereal with cold milk.

Work is about a 10 min walk from home..maybs 15 if I am particularly sluggish and not entirely awake. This time of year we are wrapping up all the projects from the year, and have a big event next Friday. After that, it's a lot of paperwork and planning for next year!

After work, I tend to get a few groceries. Shnacks, and something for dinner. Then, Every other day, sometimes more, after work I like to go jogging along the costanera (the street on the lake Llanquihue). It's pristine and gorgeousss. When there aren't too many clouds or volcanic ash...you can see the Volcanoes (Osorno and Calbuco) which are stunning.

Next week is thanksgiving..hard not to be at home, but I'll probs be doing something with the gaggling of gringos living here in PV. THere are quite a few of us. It's impressive how many foreigners have found their way to PV and stayed here! IT's just that GORGEOUS...and tranki.

The ash from Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano has been spewing since June. Fortunately, here in PV we don't normally have many negative affects. A large chunk of the ash has been blowing east to Argentina. Even still, flights going north in Chile are hard to come by, so anytime you need to go to Santiago or fly thru Santiago, odds are you're flight might be cancelled. Accordingly, I am taking the bus to Santiago to leave for Xmas. 13 hours on a bus is worth it to make sure I get to be home for the holidays :)

This Thursday, the PiLA who is in Bariloche Argentina (Zoe) arrived for the weekend (she's doing a visa run...aka she entered Argentina on a tourist visa and thus needs to leave the country every 90 days to renew it). She was telling us how bad the ash is in Bariloche and the whole city is going into an economic depression due to NO tourists and all the businesses are closing. It's very sad, bc Bariloche (though I've never been) is a natural paradise of lakes and mountains that is now covered in toxic ash :( It's nice having Zoe visit, and despite the disarray of Bariloche, I will probs go in a few weeks! It's only a 6 hour bus-ride away!

Today there is a possibility of hiking or something outdoorsy..depends on if it downpours or not. We'll see.

Next weekend I'll be trekking up to Santiago again for a work thing the following Monday...and then a few weeks after that, I'll be heading home for 2 weeks!