January 24, 2025
CASTRO, CHILE

This tender port provided a nice relaxing day. I spent the day walking around taking in the highlights, browsing in shops, picking up some supplies and checking out all kinds of local crafts and arts with Sherrie and later Delia joined us. There are 4 Castro signs throughout town. We walked about 3-4 blocks up the hill, from the port area to get to the large town square at the top of hill.
Church of San Francisco is located on one side of the Plaza de Armas, it is the main Catholic church. Gorgeous wood interior!
The stilt houses are the trademark of the artist in this town. Unfortunately, it was low tide when I saw stilt area so not as picturesque!

I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.

We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.






















