Isla Negra

Today we spent a lot of time on the bus, driving around the very foggy towns of Chile. We visited the grave of a poet who, like Pablo Neruda, was buried standing up. However, we could not see the view from the top of that hill because of all of the fog. It is very interesting all of the fog that sticks around all day as I have never seen such thick fog before. After driving around in circles and asking for directions several times, we went to lunch at the nicest restaurant in town at which they were filming us for CNN Chile. I had the Lomo al pobre which was really good, but the egg, onion and french fry combination was a little strange. I also had my first scallop and mussel, which weren't bad actually. And I really enjoyed the bread and salsa combination that we have had the past couple of days.
After driving around some more, we arrived at the biggest pool in the world, except there was no water inside. However, we walked around to the back and the security guard let us in to take a picture of it. After driving some more, we finally arrived at Isla Negra, which is the house of Pablo Neruda. His house was very interesting and it had a very nice view of the sea. It was interesting how he collected a lot of statues that are at the bow of ships. I also enjoyed his collection of all of the bugs that he caught and of all of the shells as there were so many types. I was impressed by all of the things that he collected from all around the world such as china and masks. Some of the anecdotes that our tour guide told us about his life were very strange such as his obsession with a horse statue and a plank of wood found in the ocean one day. I wish we learned more about his poetry because I do not know much about it and hoped to learn more on the tour. Though the day wasn't very eventful, we got to see a lot of other smaller Chilean towns, which gave me a more insightful view into the life of an average Chilean.