Day 238 - Christmas Day

(Ursula) We got up late and took it easy with reading and writing letters. Even though it was Christmas Day, quite a few Swiss showed up at the Club to play tennis, use the swimming pool, or just lounge on the beautiful lawn.

A Swiss couple invited us for lunch at the Club restaurant. We talked to them about our trip and plans for New Zealand.

In the afternoon, a Chilean gentleman offered us slices of fruit cake and a glass of monkey tail, a drink made with coffee and milk with a shot of Pisco (Grappa). Both were typical things people have on Christmas Day in Chile.

Even Büsi was allowed to have a little piece of cake and scratched the gentleman’s nose as his gesture of gratitude.Read more