Saturday, October 31, 2026

Halloween

 Halloween is pretty popular here in Chile. As Laura and I did our weekend food shopping, we saw people in costume all over the place. There were Halloween events in malls and along the beach. This scene at a local commercial center has a Christmas tree in the foreground and Halloween market in the back:


 Lots of kids out shouting "Dulce o truco!"



 As I mentioned, while Laura was in the US, I kind of depleted the food stocks here in the apartment. We did a fair job of replenishing today. We went to Lider and Jumbo (the big stores equivalents of our Walmart). Later Laura went to Unimarc, the equivalent of a local grocery store. She also made some chili for dinner and leftovers are now in the freezer. The restoration of food stocks is underway.

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Sunset was nice today. I like when you can see rays of sunlight through the clouds: