El Blog: The Twilight Zone

And so we return from the beach, back to the Soggy-Taco for another week of school.

We went to Algarrobo, which is about an hour outside of the city.

The town was quite quiet, like Twilight Zone quiet, as many tourists won't start touring for another month or so. It's barely spring here, but the chilly weather did not hamper our motley crew of thirteen. There were probably only fifteen people in town, us plus the grocery store owner and maybe someone who got lost.

We rented two cabanas a few blocks from the beach, so we were able to cook for ourselves.

Our fare consisted of:

pasta and rice

apples and oranges

tomatoes and corn

eggs and sausage

cheese and crackers
cookies and milk

avocado and bread

bread and avocado

avocado and avocado

bread and bread

Oh yeah, and two jars of crunchy peanut butter.

All of those staple items were definitely mixed together at some point.

As a starter, avocado and anything.

Main course? Bread, por supuesto.

For dessert, might I suggest the whoops-I-ruined-this-pot-of-rice-let's-turn-it-into-rice-pudding?

We ate like queens and kings.

Yesterday we lazed about by the beach, read a short story out-loud (coincidentally about a silent city), told the obligatory "my-family-is-crazy-how-about-yours" stories, and luxuriated in the fresh sea breeze.

I come home today with shells in my pockets, sand in my hair, beachy-stank on my clothes, and a grin on my face.

I also just realized, I have some photos to share.

From the looks of my photos, we are all severely under-medicated narcoleptics.

But surely we walked around, explored the beach, sampled ice cream, empanadas, and gypsy pants...