Sunday of the Bing trip (11/11) we went to the town of Frutillar, which means strawberry fields. In the 19th century, German immigrants settled there. They burned down all the native forests (sadly) and planted strawberry fields. Now the town has a German museum, with a German house that has lots of German things in it. For example, lederhosen, and embroidery with German sayings. And all the signs were in English, Spanish, and German. A lot of the houses were in a German style, and there were a few touristy shops selling German souvenirs. All in all it was a rather surreal experience. One does not think of going to Chile in order to learn about German culture.
There was also a very cool lakefront theater. Behind the stage are glass windows with a beautiful view onto the lake. Rodrigo (our coordinator) tried singing in the theater to test the acoustics. Because he's a good singer, it sounded awesome.
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