BarkellWH -> RE: Hello from Vina del Mar, Chile (Jan. 10 2016 17:54:12)
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Welcome Paco! You are fortunate to be living in Vina del Mar. In a U.S. Foreign Service career spent primarily in Southeast Asia, I was fortunate to have a couple of Latin American assignments, one of which was to the American Embassy in Santiago, Chile. I was assigned to Santiago from 1987 to 1990, the final three years of the Pinochet regime. An interesting time to say the least. I always enjoyed Vina del Mar, and my wife and I often would spend the weekend at an Embassy-leased cottage in Zapallar, north of Vina. We would enjoy the quiet and the fireplace at the cottage in Zapallar, and we would rent horses from a local huaso and spend the day riding, using those marvelous Monturas Chilenas (Chilean saddles) covered in sheepskin. I, too, began learning to play flamenco guitar late in life, after retiring from the Foreign Service. It is fun to play for personal enjoyment and that of friends. Cheers, Bill
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