Valdivia

Downtown Valdivia at the market

Valdivia is a beautiful college town, situated in the tenth region at the meeting of two rivers (kind of like Portland!). It has a cool waterfront area with a huge fish market where you can get anything from salmon to barnacles.

There is a group of sea lions who hang out at the market, getting scraps from the fishermen and posing for pictures.

Careful! Sea lions are not domesticated animals! Seems pretty obvious...


Our main objective in Valdivia was to visit the famous Kunstmann brewery. Kunstmann is Chile’s top microbrew. Although it can't really compete with Oregon beer, it comes pretty close.


Tacky blow-up "German" outside the brewery


Much to our dismay, the actual brewery was under construction, but we still got to sample some good beer and eat a hearty German meal in the restaurant,

Jack and Margaret enjoying a schop! (draft beer served in a big glass)


not to mention visit the souvenir shop and take the obligatory cheesy tourist picture.

We also had an amazing meal at this Peruvian restaurant on the waterfront (here’s Jo and Margaret basking in the sunset) and explored a local antiques market and used book fair.

Jack and Jo on the bridge


Jack after he finally got the cup of coffee he was searching for...