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Puerto Varas - city tour

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Next day when we woke up J didn't feel too well. It was cloudy and rainy so we decided to take a chill day in the city. In between the rain we managed to walk up a hill for a city view. Chocolate factory, typical gift to get from here Afterwards we had fika with a German cake very popular in this area, Kuchen. I had a white chocolate strawberry kuchen and for once really appreciated a dessert (besides ice cream) over here.  Kuchen In the afternoon we took a walk along the lake, the sun started coming through the clouds and after 2 pm it was not a cloud in the sky. We passed by a weird museum that you'll see below, so many different things crammed into a house. The sun appeared in the late afternoon and people swam in the lake. Dipping my hands in the water I must say I wouldn't be a stranger to swim this kind of day either. J on the other hand was of an other opinion.  Christmas trees from restaurant and othe...

Volcano Osorno, Petrohue falls and more eye gems

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Our hotel had helped us book a tour for the next day with short notice. It started at 10:30, quite late for a tour but it ended at 19:00 so still a full day.  For us the main attraction was the volcano but the tour made many other stops on the way. I'll show you the pictures chronologically. Mostly a cloudy day with the sun shining through at some occasions. Might not make the best pictures but the reality was fabulous. So beautiful. And the nature around the volcano was something new, nothing to compare it to from earlier travels. Harsh but beautiful landscape. We were also very lucky to see a fox, zorro, on our way to the top. Very sweet and little. I think Chile has three different species of foxes and that the one on the island of Chiloe is one of the smallest ones in the world. Correct me if I'm wrong though, but I think it's what I gathered from information signs. Not on Chiloe now though so back to the volcano. First we greeted some llamas Then we stopp...