The Lake District

Lago Llanquihue

"Typical" German House

Lago Llanquihue

Resurrection Lilies 

The "Ancestors'" Monument

The Bensen Family 

Fuscia

Lago Llanquihue

On the grounds of the German Museum Frutillar

German Museum

German Museum

Local flora

The volcano makes it's appearance 

Music Hall Frutillar

Lutheran Church Frutillar

Giant Rhubarb Lakes District

German-Chilean Cafe

Meat on the spit

Volcano Osorno

High School Puerto Octay

Catholic Church Puerto Octay

Catholic Church Puerto Octay

Salmon Farming

What a difference a day and 500km makes!  It was warm and sunny for our tour of the LakesDistrict. The Germans settled here in the 1840s and are very wealthy today.  Lots of picturesque farms, mostly dairy cattle selling milk to Nestle.  There are German pastries everywhere which are quite yummy as well as chocolate that I have so far avoided.  There is a recreated German mill, blacksmith's shop, barn and home that are lovely.  The view of the volcano kept getting better and better every hour we were out.  We had lunch at a German-Chilean restaurant - spit roasted meat including some of the best lamb ever, all kinds of prepared salads, potatoes, bratwurst, pork and sauerkraut as well as those damn pastries.  Not a bad birthday at all.