Reading and Roaming
VALPARAISO: FIRST IMPRESSIONS We flew overnight from Houston to Santiago where we were met and then driven the roughly hour and a half to Valparaiso. We passed through a fruit growing region and then a valley around Casa Blanco, site of several vineyards producing white wine. We will visit a couple of these wineries next …
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SAN FRANCISCO OLD HOME WEEK AT THE ACADEMY The Chief Penguin and I had the great pleasure of returning to San Francisco and the California Academy of Sciences for the 10th anniversary celebration of its new building. Ten years ago, when he was the Chief Penguin of this wonderful museum, we sat on the …
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MAUI We were fortunate that our friends on Maui who were hosting us had no ill effects from Tropical Storm Olivia, not even any rain. We delayed our arrival there by a day (the airport had been affected) and the flight the day after the storm was a bit bumpy. We ate lots of good …
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CHOCOLATE (Think of the old TV commercial that goes, “chaaaaaawclett”) One of the most different and fun activities we did this time in Hawaii was the chocolate farm tour. Lydgate Farms is home to the state’s largest cacao orchard (more than 1,000 trees) and makes single source chocolate and chocolate tea from these trees. Their …
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