Both the right to leave Argentina and travel to Chile runs in the length, because off all the passengers have to get around their personal exit stamp . This time we even have to unload all the baggage to tow it to the "fruit inspection". After short drive we arrive in Chile in El Calafate with a slight delay on. A bus station, etc. There is not listed, we are exposed at a road junction, where even more housewives and retired people are waiting for us tourists to offer in a very broken English and with the help of copied notes their private accommodation. First, we fight back and pull everything in front of a good lunch with a glass of Chilean red wine.
between, Erik organized our rental car, so the decision is like. The weather forecast is good and even though it was late afternoon, we do well in the 100km away, National Park Torres del Paine ". The tent variation between thought we reject fast, even, because the only place to rent in the car once again a Toyota Yaris, and for our luggage, and still 5 persons tent equipment simply too small. Sleeping accommodation, we will be looking for us so on the ground. Around 19:00 we reached the entrance of the park, several houses are sold out or on the other side of the park, so we decide after a brief chat with the on-duty ranger for "Hosteria Lago Grey. The Lonely Planet promises "Glacier View", that sounds good. Just over 40km gravel road in front of us, a beautiful landscape surrounding our small Toyota. Before us and around mountain ranges, again we catch a glimpse of the most famous scenery of the National Parks "The W". Big Giant granite boulders up to 2800m high, rise up against the evening sky.
Just before dark we reached our goal. Our expectations are fully met, we even get a room with a view of the glacier and spend the next two days in the national park.
current at the best weather we along Lago Grey and approaching three hours per Cruising our "dream Outlook" to be within reach. Erik and Ariane's a little wistfully, for the multi-day hike would be around the granite rocks also been something for us. But as is the case with a world tour, we just brought too little time.
proposes to match the weather for our departure, so is the departure from these stunning landscapes Steppe, crystal clear lakes and snow-capped mountains hard, if not quite so.
goes directly to the south's taking to Puerto Natales, to get from there the flight to Punta Arenas. Little traffic, few people, a lot of barren steppes and scrub the 5-hour drive make little variety. The kids are little to disturb the wilderness, but instead is now once again the role-play "We are the older siblings" on the map. Nicole is 19, Alex is 17 and at least Antoine in kindergarten, very rarely, it may also be school children. term as ever - 2 hours before departure - we arrive at the airport. After a nearly 2-hour flight we arrive in Puerto Montt, in the so-called Lake District. Antonia question "we will get a new car," we can confidently answer "yes". It is cloudy and raining lightly, quickly we go to the 20-minute away Puerto Varas on Lake Llanquiue - the largest lake in southern Chile. How is the weather been confirmed, we are here really've arrived in the off season. We are the only guests in the "Casa Margouya II" and fill two garishly-colored rooms with shared facilities. The weather will not be better and a look at the snow-covered volcano Orsano will not succeed easily. Our most pleasant picnic celebrating the journey in the car in fog and rain at the ski station of the volcano "Orsano.
The round trip to Puerto Varas is reminiscent of the eastern Harz. Houses in the style of the '50s line the roads and signs to "cake and strudel" are relics from the past of German immigrants in Chile. A little getting used to the ever nearing return home. The next day, the emblem of the Lake District, unfortunately, still hidden behind the clouds. We while away the afternoon in the foreseeable Frutillar, so have small towns in Germany have been in the 50s. Even there, a German open-air museum with some reproductions of the various houses. Nicole learns the words cake and strudel to read, we walk on the beach and marvel at the newly built concert hall, which takes place once a year, the international cultural and guests.
is otherwise not much going on here. Slightly disappointed if the bad weather we go next Day after we get in the small restaurant around the corner again good lunch for 5 people for a whole 10 € back to Puerto Montt to fly into every now and then shaking Santiago de Chile. Right on time the plane takes off and just in time we land in the "war zone". The airport is well organized, arrivals, baggage claim, etc. will either outdoors or in tents instead. Direct exit from the runway, we quickly the airport to the rooftop terrace of the Casart "- to enjoy our dinner with red wine, yogurt, cheese and salami - a block away from the Plazza de Armas in the center. On the way gene Florida and we have only 24 hours to Santiago explore. With a hop-on hop-off bus and we get a brief overview of the city, some museums are closed because of damage by the earthquake, otherwise seems in the city nearly three weeks after the earthquake, despite various aftershocks everything to run smoothly again.
In our accommodation to see some cracks in the walls, but otherwise found no damage. However, the tourists are still not back. Evening will be packed back again, because this time, the alarm will ring promptly at 4.30. Our three girls, we have prepared well to getting up early, as soon as we wake her, Nicole is already dressed and tackles to carry the luggage down. Antonia also quickly grabs her backpack. Alexia always needs a little longer in the morning, but again, we remember the travel experience. As we learn from the taxi driver, there was last night against 3.00 in the morning reminds aftershocks above magnitude 3, Ariane is to have looked at the clock because she was woken up at 2.58. The earthquake must have been the reason. And again we leave impressed by the time the temporary crisis management "patched" airport of Santiago in the direction of Colombia. Our Stay was too short for this versatile and beautiful country and to experience anywhere near enough.
Torres del Paine was fantastic, the rest a bit rainy and melancholy simultaneously moved a bit on whether the return journey. These are all reasons to get back here!
Bogota is now the destination for lunch, because we are on the way to Mickey Mouse here a 6-hour stay.
"Mickey Mouse country," the great reward for the girls and our "cultural highlight at the end of the 6-month family trip.
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