WINE TOUR: Cancha y Toro
On Saturday, a group of nine of us (all girls) went on a wine tour. It was right outside the city so it was super close and pretty cheap. I am a big fan of both of those characteristics. We just rode the metro till the last stop and then took a 10-minute bus ride to the winery (super easy and only cost $2 – the metro plus the bus). When we got to the winery, we asked if it was possible to get a discount at all and they said they only give discounts if you have a student ID. Well, most of us did not have those with us (mine is conveniently back home); however, a driver’s license passes for a student ID very easily down here ☺. So instead of most of us paying $8000 ($16) for the tour we paid $6000 ($12). Felt good to save those four dollars! This was my first winery tour, and I thought only paying $12 for it was pretty cheap! The winery was beautiful. There was so much open space and wonderful greenery. Apparently it is the second largest winery in the world. I find this hard to believe, but if it’s true, that’s pretty neat!
Of course the grape vines were so great as well! I don’t know why, but I think it’s so cool to see grape vines. When I see them the phrase wild grapes comes to mind, and it just makes them so much cooler ha. I’ve seen green grape vines before, but this was my first time seeing red grape vines. It was quite an exciting moment in my life.
During the tour we got to try one white wine and one red wine. Surprisingly, I liked the white wine a lot more than the red. Normally, I only drink red wines, but this white wine was very refreshing a fruity. We got to see a bunch of the barrels where they store the wine. That was pretty neat as well.
At the end of the tour we got a complimentary wine glass that had the name of the winery on it. I was pretty excited about that one! One of my favorite wines back home is a mixture of three different red wines. It is absolutely delicious and it’s cheap. At the winery’s gift shop, they had a wine called Trio. When I saw it, I knew I had to buy it. I didn’t even need to try it first; I knew I would love it. I was correct, the wine is really good. Good thing I bought 2 bottles!
Asado:
After the wine tour, we all went over to one of the coordinators,’ (Jamie), house from VE. She is American and is dating a Chilean. They live out in the suburbs of Santiago, which is pretty funny, but it was really nice to see their house and the area they live in. The food was really yummy! There was guac., steak, and choripan! Oh how I have missed choripan. For dessert, they cut a hole in a green melon and poured white wine in it. Traditionally, you are supposed to drink directly from the melon, but Jamie ended up cutting the melon up and putting the whole mixture in a pitcher. It was pretty tasty! Once it is melon session back home, ya’ll should try making it. Over all, it was a great day of wine and food!
Super Bowl Sunday!
My Sunday started out like most every other Sunday. I went to the market and the grocery store to buy food for the week. Studied some Spanish, worked out, and did some laundry. However, this Sunday was a very special Sunday because it was SUPER BOWL SUNDAY! Before I left for South America, I went over a list of things (mostly TV shows) with Jason that I would be missing while I was gone for the next 9 months, and the Super Bowl was one of them. I honestly didn’t think I was going to be able to watch it, but we got it down here! Most of the volunteers, and them some other friends we have made, all got together for a potluck dinner to watch the game. The food was delicious! We had loads of guac., this amazing Spanish tomato dip, pasta salad with peppers, pesto salad, a veggie rice dish, brownies, and lemon cake. Everything was soooo yuumy! It was also really nice to see everyone else because we’re always too tired to do anything else but rest after work during the week. AND we had one true Giants fan watching the game, so that was really exciting for him! It was really cute, during half time he skyped with his family. They were having a huge Super Bowl party and he got to say hi to his entire family.
This was a really fun weekend, and I’m looking forward to having many more like it! I’m really enjoying my new family down here.
Until Next Time,
Liz
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