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Three ways to eat an empanada, and from the middle ain’t one (Los 33)

by Eileen | Aug 12, 2015 | chile, food, food and drink

I went to see Los 33 over the weekend, the movie about the Chilean miners who were pulled out of the mine, alive, in one of the world’s most spectacular (and quite honestly, unexpected) mine rescues. There were 33 of them, and they lived in the area of the mine...

Getting a view of Talca, figuratively and literally, from the Río Claro

by Eileen | Dec 4, 2012 | chile

There used to be a bridge over the river in Talca (the Rio Claro), but it got old, and fell into disuse, though you can still find beer bottles and the occasional tombstone (no, I’m not kidding). After a while, a new bridge was built, shiny and with metal...