Pisco en La Serena y La Valle Elqui!

This post was written last week, but I didn’t have time to post before I took off!

 

Last weekend, five friends and I traveled about 6 hours north to a city called La Serena.  It’s the second oldest city in Chile, and it was really beautiful.  There was a church on every street corner, and all of the streets were either cobblestone or tiled.  We went over la Semana Santa and Pascua (Easter weekend), so there were a lot of people in the church town and just about everything was closed.

We took a bus an hour inland to the Valle Elqui which is famous for its Pisco (Chilean brandy) and its incredible scenery.  


 We went Pisco tasting at the Piscaria, early at about 10 a.m., so I opted for the pisco called “Cola de Mona” which is like Bailey’s in the states. It was yummy!  We also went to an observatory that wasn’t actually that cool because the moon was so bright. However, I took this amazing picture of the moon through the telescope.

We found two great hostels during the trip and met people from all over the world including Germany, Argentina, and Australia. Everyone was really nice and we got some great deals too!

I’m leaving in about 4 hours for the airport to go to the PATAGONIA with some friends for a week! If the weather cooperates, I will hopefully have some incredible pictures to post soon!