Back in Pucón

Villarica Volcano seen from city centre

While we already had some springlike days in Santiago it had snown in Pucón the night before we arrived and we set our feet on slush leaving the bus at the terminal over there. Since then I experienced south Chilean winter for the first time and I am really happy I had been in Austria the last few months. Cold rainy days changed or came together with lots of stormy wind cooling down to almost 0 degrees C in the nights. Only when the sun came out which just happened for a few hours in between it already had about 15 degrees and was a bit comfortable. I got my usual cold, which I am already used to from the years before but at least this year we can warm our house. So it is still cold but bearable and you get used to sit in the living with two pullovers at night. Nevertheless I enjoyed returning as did the kids and the animals all ahead 'Diavola' my crazy cat which was quite confused the first two days but then started to show her usual mad behaviour.

The last weeks I cut a lot of fire wood and made further improvements in the house which Inés in the last months had furnished nicely. Apart from that I got my 'residencia temporaria' the one year visa which means I can stay in the country at least until next August. Normally once you got that you can always renew it. To sanctify this I will have to start business with the company I founded last year. I am going to import clothes and handicrafts from India, using the connections I have over there to sell them in our shop. Seems I am really becoming a business man. ;-) Who would have thought of that? Right at the moment we are fathoming possibilities as well as rules and laws according to this which is quite complicated but interesting as well. Anyway I will not get bored the next months.

Finally when I woke up today sun was shining down from a cloudless blue sky and it even warmed up to almost 20 degrees C. As it seems spring finally had arrived because weather will go on like this the next days. What a relief! Now I am going outside to have my first lunch in the outdoor dining area. Enjoy your meal!