We had breakfast in La Veranda. Every Sunday they have a champagne and caviar breakfast. Bob does enjoy the caviar but a little too early for the champagne. Special K for me.
The town itself looks a lot like Alaska. Wooden buildings and very colorful. Puerto Montt is the capital of this district in Chile. The German colonists first arrived in the community in 1852. The German influence is apparent at every turn. Many of the homes look like alpine ski chalets.
There are three other ships here with us today. We were very lucky to be the one to dock as it is not a nice day weather wise. The Seaborne Sojourn is also here.
We had lunch out at the pool grill as we have to gather for our excursion before La Veranda opens for lunch. Sat with Carol and Phil from Portland, OR and they are on the same tour.
We got on the most luxury bus I have ever been on. Wow. Instead of four seat across, this bus has two on one side and one on the other. Better than most airline seats.
We headed out of town toward the Lake District of Chile. We drove alone the shoreline of Lake Llanquihue which is dominated by the impressive snow capped Osorno Volcano, but with the clouds today, we have to take their word for it.
We visited a lovely small resort town of Puerto Varas, the City of Roses. We then drove up to Petrohue Waterfalls where we took a 45 minute walking tour up to the falls.
We returned to the ship just in time for sail away. We cleaned up for dinner in Compass Rose. We spoke with Enzio, not sure of the spelling, who is from the head office of Regent and Oceania. We had seen him on the Marina last year. He is leaving the ship soon to go to the Ragatta. Head of food and beverage. Lots of travel. Back to the cabin to watch "Moneyball" which I do not know how it ended as I fell asleep. Oh well.
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