Our New Home

Feb 4, 2013

Our home is on a beautiful piece of land overlooking Lake Villarica.  It has a stunning view.  Mauro, the owner picked us up at the airport 1 and ½ hours away in Temuco, and drove us to our new place in the pouring rain.  He greeted us with handmade local candy and a big smile.  He is a true gem. A self-made business man who built a house on top of a mountain to listen to the birds and watch more sunsets.  He is a writer/philosopher with a heart of gold. We hit it off right away.  He of course, loves Achilles and the two of them go on and on in Spanglish about everything under the sun. 

The house itself has everything we need.  It is all wood with lots of airy windows.  The rain only stayed one day and since it has been hot and beautiful.  The only down fall is that it is quite far from town.  About 3 miles down the mountain on a dirt road.  Super bumpy by car, which my back intensely dislikes.  Mauro has taken us a few times to town in his truck, but today we are going to try and walk it.  I’ll report on how it goes!

 Our living room

 The front of the house

View from the back of the property