Chile: Grandma's House

Grandma's crib.

Allright
I'm gonna stay at Grandma's House for the remainder of my visit here in Chile. My Cousin Gerhard is living there right now. He kinda is watching over the place since the house is going to be sold in a couple of months. Guess I should say that my grandma is no longer with us. She passed away last year, That's why he is taking care of the place so it doesn't deteriorate anymore. Here in Chile if you do not take care of the thing they just fall apart, and Grandma's house was all empty for about 6 months before Gerhard began to take care of it.

Grandma's garden

Back of the house

Grandma had 2 lemontrees

Little dog Lupita

Gerhard lives by himself, only in the company of liitle dog, Lupita. She take care of the place while Gerhard is out working. The place looks smaller than when I was a kid. The long hallway seems not so long anymore. Used to play around here. Things are kinda the same, but different at the same time. Strange...

Anyway, I'm going to be sleeping in my great grandmothers old room. My old kiddie room was used as  a storage for the remainder of my grandmothers stuff and some things belonging to Gerhard.

Today I went over to take a look at the store that Gerhard owns. He has a computer part replacement store here in Villa Alemana, Here is the link to the store's web page. http://notebookmundo.cl/
It's a small store, but with lot of potential. He works with his friend and business partner Ariel.

Here at the store the workday goes from 10:00- 14:00 and then from 15:00 - 18:00
That gives us a hour to have dinner. Yeah, we eat at 2 o'clock. A bit early for my taste but that's the siesta time here. Almost every shop here closes down between 13:00 and 15:00. They don't have lunch here, hehe. Gerhard and usualy eats dinner at a place called "La Biblioteca" that is just a block from his store. The place is a small bar/restaurant with good food and cheap drinks.
We ate todays plate and had a beer for about Nok 65,- And that's for the 3 of us! No wonder he eats out everyday :)

Anyway, after that the workday was over he asked me if I wanted to taste a special beer that a german guy makes. Hell yeah, let me taste that! So, Gerhard, Ariel and myself went for a little drive to somewhere. We had to drive through dusty roads and a hillside to get to the tavern. We were welcomed by a gentelman that spoke spanish only as a german can :) Guess this is the guy that makes the beer. He had only one sort of beer, since this past week had been a week of party (because of the national day, y'know) and a lot of people had been at his place to taste his beer. Well, the beer he had was smoked beer. Never heard of that kind of beer, but my goodness what a beer! The taste was like smoked, well... Beer. Man, we really have to get back here ASAP!

Beer this way!

Smoked Beer, Sweet nectar of the gods!

Next up....
More Villa Alemana adventure