Chile and the Chocolate Factory

Ok, wow, so I didn't exactly keep the promise of keeping this updated...sorry! Anyways, last weekend our group went to Isla Negra, near Santiago. Our first stop was a chocolate factory owned by this cute old man named Félix, and all of the chocolate they sell is made from pure, natural ingredients, with no artificial anything. It sounded really weird at first, because some of the chocolates had cheese inside of them, which sounds incredibly gross but tasted really good. We got to sample all of the different kinds, which ended up being like twelve pieces of chocolate, and I felt like I was going to throw up, but it was really good. Then we got to try these brand new chocolates that contained Omega 3, which is found in fish and is really healthy for you...I think it reduces cholesteral or something...and it was the very first time EVER anywhere in the world that you can find chocolate that has that stuff in it. So that was pretty sweet. After the chocolate factory, we all went to a Chicharía, where they make Chicha, a popular liquor in Chile. We got to see some nasty little barrels of fermenting grapes, and of course we got to sample the chicha. After that, we went and visited another one of Pablo Neruda's houses--he has three--and it was GORGEOUS! It was right along the shoreline, and the waves in the ocean were a really gorgeous blue color. The house was really nice, too, and it was huge and had amazing views of the ocean. And this house is where Pablo Neruda was actually buried, so we got to see the tombstone and everything.
Last weekend was Mother's Day here, too, and so we all bought our host moms chocolate from the factory. My little brothers made breakfast that morning, too, and it was....not good at all. I had watery cold oatmeal, semi-warm chocolate milk, a bunch of fruit, a bunch of bread, and random cereals mixed together. Mmmmmm...
This weekend, we're taking another trip to some sort of copper mines, and we get to go down way deep inside of them, and we have to wear all this gear and masks and stuff...should be interesting. A couple days ago there was another huge bus accident down here again, this time a little closer to home. It was with the bus company I always travel with, Turbus, and it was travelling at night to some place down south, and it drove off the road and flew head first down a steep hill and hit something, I'm not sure what, but it decapitated all of the passengers that were inside of it. On the news, they showed a fireman holding the legs of a baby, but the baby wasn't attached. It was a little harsh. So that was really sad.
Well, that's all I've got for now. Today I'm going to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch, hoping that it tastes semi-normal. Chau!