Reasons I Loved Pucón

Shortly after arriving in Pucón two weeks ago, I wrote an e-mail to our parents telling them it was very likely I would never leave.  Here are a few reasons why:

1) Tons of friendly, stray dogs that love to follow you around.  It's as though they're thinking, "Hey, where you going?  Mind if I tag along?"  On our first day, one dog followed us around for over an hour, stopping and lying down whenever we stopped and then getting up and happily trotting along when we continued to walk.  Sadly, we couldn't let her into our hostel with us, so we had to say goodbye.

2) An abundance of hydrangeas in a plethora of colors.  It's almost as though it is a law here that everyone must have at least one hydrangea bush growing on their property.

3) Enough raspberries and blueberries to satisfy even me.  I love my raspberries and blueberries, so much I will admit to having even paid five dollars on occasion for just a pint of deliciousness (don't tell Jeff!).  Here, if you walk down the street in the middle of the afternoon you will find many vendors selling quarts of raspberries and blueberries for just $2 each!  Heaven!

Yup, just give me a bunch of friendly, stray dogs, hydrangeas, and cheap blueberries and raspberries and I am one happy girl!