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Mon 8 January 2007
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My first weekend in Chile was spent travelling with the ISA group... Saturday we went to Pomaires and la Isla Negra. Pomaires reminded me of a small town in Mexico... alot of artesania: pottery and clothing. I bought the cutest little sweaters made of alpaca wool for my friends´ babies... they have bright llamas and sunshines on them--- I couldn´t find one in my size, though. (frowny face) Isla Negra is where one of Pablo Neruda´s houses is and it isn´t an island nor is it black... but whatever, it´s Chile and they can do what they want. Inside the house there is an insane amount of collections. Neruda had so many world-wide connections that whenever he showed an interest in a ship in a bottle, for example, people would continue to send them to him as gifts. So throughout the house there are collections of nick-nacks, masks, stirrups, glass bottles, china plates, mermaids and angels from the front of old ships... you get the idea. He also was obsessed with the ocean. His house was modeled after a boat and whenever a ship passed by he had a mast with bells and he would salute them. Have to go to class... but more about the beach later. |
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