Jennifer
had to go to work on Monday – she has a job at a language school - so Paula and
I joined Alex for a trip to downtown La Serena.
It’s an old city (second oldest in Chile) with a storied history –
including having the cathedral burned down by pirates in the 1700s…
We hopped
out of the collectivo near the market and wandered around. It’s everything a South American market
should be with handicrafts, fruit, vegetables, trinkets, music, folk dancing,
and food. 
Speaking of
food, we found a restaurant on the second floor of the market overlooking the
street and had lunch. The restaurant
specialized in seafood and we had two types of fish (congrio and reineta) and a pastel de jaiva (a rich crab casserole). Delisioso!
The waitress was the photographer and we had a leisurely time eating,
chatting, and watching people milling about below.
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