Valdivia International Film Festival lineup

The 17th version of the Valdivia International Film Festival, which will take place in Chile this October is going to show 120 films, 30 movie premiers for Latin America and 10 worldwide film premieres. The award for this film festival competition is the Golden Pudu.

The International Feature Film Competition is a category for films directed by independent and emergent directors which showcases a wide variety of themes and stylistics.

Spring is coming! Chilean Bicentenary and Valdivia Film Festival

Photo: Calle Calle river, Valdivia, Chile.

There are two important events coming in Chile in the next two months. Fiestas Patrias, which is Chile’s national day, this year is specially important because it commemorates 200 years of independence. And the 17th version of the Valdivia International Film Festival.

Local organic produce Fair, Temuco, Chile

Today we went to a Local Produce Fair at Mall Mirage, a small shopping center in Temuco, Chile. There were several small stands selling local cheese, jam, liquors and honey. We met some of the traders and there were two we particularly loved:

One year since we left home and we started this trip

(Photo: Altiplanic Lagoons! if you need  tips about San Pedro de Atacama just ask!)

So, we are so happy to tell you that we have been 1 year traveling South America :D Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and then Chile again!

Some reflections:

When we started this trip we just had $500 bucks and the hope to learn more about people, countries and how the culture of our neighbors are mixed in this Southern America. In the middle of the trip we lost a memory card from Machu Picchu, we lost some weight (now we are recovering), we left our jobs and some kind of living, specially one of us, always in a big city, polluted, with some good cafes and lots of recitals (for South America I mean).

Winter time in the middle of a trip Part I (Non-Vegetarian homemade bread)

This winter is very special because we are in the middle of a trip, waiting in a city earning money. We are in south-central Chile. One of us is working temporary in a University and the other one is working independently at home. The city is rainy and cold, and the people is not as friendly as we expected.

As we love food we are taking part of our free time trying food recipes

Winter time in the middle of a trip Part II (Winter pictures)

Bye bye July, bye icy cold days, bye hail, bye short days…

Chilean Food! Calzones Rotos!

We prepared today a fabulous recipe! Chilean Calzones Rotos! The recipe was a gift of the beautiful Hidalgo’s family.

Typical thresh in Puerto Ibanez, Chile. An unusual earthquake day.

February 27th was a very weird day, starting with confusing information on the radio and television. According to the first information an earthquake occurred in the central area of Chile. But nothing to worry about. Some of us felt something was wrong with the information, but as we planned before we went to Puerto Ibanez, to a typical thresh festivity.