February 16, 2014

This is Evone writing to report on our Valentine's Weekend and our 38th anniversary.  I always have to check with Richard to find out how many years we've been married.  We didn't any special plans for the day, but Friday morning I thought to myself, "We're in Chile, and we won't be here next year for our anniversary, so we should do something special."  It was a beautiful summer day  and as I walked between our new office and our old office (about 2 miles)  around lunch time, many people were obviously celebrating the day.  So I snapped pictures all along my walk -- there were people selling flowers and balloons on nearly every corner, and may street musicians.... So after work we boarded a bus and went to a different shopping area that Richard had not seen before and went to a wonderful seafood restaurant for dinner.  Then we walked around and had cake at an outdoor cafe -- a simply lovely evening!

Florist shops on every corner selling red and white flowers

I listened to this man play the harp on two different streets -- I was amazed how quickly he changed locations!

This woman was standing outside a cafe singing Opera

Balloon salesmen were everywhere

This cute doggie was waiting for the bus!

We often see violin players -- but I saw two a short distance from each other.

Inside the seafood restaurant -- scenes on all the walls of Valparaiso-- our destination the following day.

We started the meal with the most fabulous cevichi of salmon, shrimp and avacado (palta in Chile)

Richard had congrio a la pobre -- Congrio is the most popular fish in Chile and a la probre is any meal like steak, rice or fish that comes with french fries, fried onions and a fried egg on top!  Mine was a delicious fish smothered in creamed corn!

Evone's cake

Richard's cake