Chile

Short post because we had a true “do nothing” day today. Our original plan was to drive 1.5 hours south to visit the salt flats. We had our typical slow morning and then just sort of stayed slow. At about 11 I suggested maybe we just skip it and stay home in this great little…

We had another supremely lazy morning. We got a paper refill yesterday so Millie spent most of the morning drawing. We have done so many amazing things this year and yet I know it will be these mornings that I miss most. We drink coffee, graze around for breakfast, then make another coffee, because, why…

Millie continued her “I must be of service and surprise you” streak this morning by insisting on creating a breakfast buffet for us. When she gets in this mode it is mostly cute but also slightly annoying. She insists on doing everything herself and takes no direction, but then inevitably spills or wastes food, and…

We picked up where our itinerary got canceled by the flat tire yesterday. After a big breakfast, we drove (slowly and carefully) over to the trailhead for Pakara de Quitor. More ruins. The man at the ticket desk explained that the ruins trail was closed but the viewpoint trail was open. We were there for…

It was pitch black when we arrived last night, so getting to see the view from our house this morning was a real treat. We had coffee in our outdoor living room with the view of a volcano. Nick noticed that there is so little wind and we are so far from anything that it…

We had a long and boring, yet kind of stressful, travel day today. First, we had to pack up all our stuff in Valparaiso. We loaded into our unscathed car. So many people warned us of cars getting their windows broken at night, so we had constant low-level anxiety about it until we drove away.…

We finally slept through the night. It felt like when Millie was a baby and started sleeping through the night. I woke up feeling like I could conquer the world. We didn’t have any food in the Airbnb so Millie and I ventured out to find something to bring back. Every coffee shop and bakery…

Day 365! One whole year since we’ve set foot on American soil. I am too tired to write anything profound about the day, but I’ve got an ongoing list of topics (big and small) that I’ll extrapolate on upon our return. Speaking of our return, we have settled on the remaining stops and know that…

Sleep update: I seem to be suffering from sudden onset insomnia and didn’t get to sleep until 5:30AM. What the hell?! I have never had this before. I’m hoping it’s the final throes of jet lag and not the new me. I woke up exhausted at 9am. We had coffee in the room and got…

Here is the jet lag report that literally no one cares about. I was awake again from 3 to 6AM, didn’t look at my phone once. Got a lot of good thinking done, though. We set an alarm so we made it to hotel breakfast for the first time since arriving here. After this we…