Our day started off poorly for the entire group, the hotel’s
water broke and no one was able to shower and we had to use bottled water to
brush our teeth with—well that’s Hotel America for you. Anyway, our first stop
of the day was to Vine ido meta vineyard in the casa balanca valley in central
Chile. We got to the vineyard really early in the morning and had a tour of their
facility. The winery is rather new, began production in 2001 and had their
first wines ready for sale in 2004. Wine is beginning to become very popular in
Chile, and it is really cheap—making it popular with both the locals and
foreigners. The tour of the Winery was really interesting, we were able to see
the huge vats that are used to ferment to young wines, as well as the oak
barrels that they are later stored in to age. They showed us there storage room
and explained how it is naturally cool in there and that they don’t use any
temperature control. After that, we were brought upstairs to taste some of
their wine. I don’t remember the names of the wines, but we tasted both white
and red wines—neither of which I am very fond of. We then got back on the bus
and rode out to Isla Negra, the home of Pablo Neruda, a famous poet and Chilean
politician from the 1900’s. Upon arriving, we had an amazing lunch in a
restaurant adjacent to Pablo’s house. Our seats faced the ocean and there were
massive waves crashing on large rocks, spraying mist many feet into the air. My
lunch was delicious and we relaxed at the table for a good hour after we ate.
Then we were given an hour to just relax and explore the area before we had to
go on the tour. So everyone in the group went out to the adjacent beach and sat
on the rocks and watched as the waves crashed beautifully into them. The hour
went by quite fast, and we had to tour Pablo’s home. His house was interesting,
he had collected many naval items to which he decorated his whole home with.
His house looked like a boat. His room had a panoramic view of the Pacific
Ocean. After his house tour, we visited his studio, where he had a similar
design to it. After the tour was over, we arrived back to the hotel the
earliest that we have all week, so me and my friend went down to the gym and
were able to get a good workout in. I am really happy that our dancing lessons
are finally over, so I can now have more time to blog and just relax.
Our day started off poorly for the entire group, the hotel’s
water broke and no one was able to shower and we had to use bottled water to
brush our teeth with—well that’s Hotel America for you. Anyway, our first stop
of the day was to Vine ido meta vineyard in the casa balanca valley in central
Chile. We got to the vineyard really early in the morning and had a tour of their
facility. The winery is rather new, began production in 2001 and had their
first wines ready for sale in 2004. Wine is beginning to become very popular in
Chile, and it is really cheap—making it popular with both the locals and
foreigners. The tour of the Winery was really interesting, we were able to see
the huge vats that are used to ferment to young wines, as well as the oak
barrels that they are later stored in to age. They showed us there storage room
and explained how it is naturally cool in there and that they don’t use any
temperature control. After that, we were brought upstairs to taste some of
their wine. I don’t remember the names of the wines, but we tasted both white
and red wines—neither of which I am very fond of. We then got back on the bus
and rode out to Isla Negra, the home of Pablo Neruda, a famous poet and Chilean
politician from the 1900’s. Upon arriving, we had an amazing lunch in a
restaurant adjacent to Pablo’s house. Our seats faced the ocean and there were
massive waves crashing on large rocks, spraying mist many feet into the air. My
lunch was delicious and we relaxed at the table for a good hour after we ate.
Then we were given an hour to just relax and explore the area before we had to
go on the tour. So everyone in the group went out to the adjacent beach and sat
on the rocks and watched as the waves crashed beautifully into them. The hour
went by quite fast, and we had to tour Pablo’s home. His house was interesting,
he had collected many naval items to which he decorated his whole home with.
His house looked like a boat. His room had a panoramic view of the Pacific
Ocean. After his house tour, we visited his studio, where he had a similar
design to it. After the tour was over, we arrived back to the hotel the
earliest that we have all week, so me and my friend went down to the gym and
were able to get a good workout in. I am really happy that our dancing lessons
are finally over, so I can now have more time to blog and just relax. 
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