The first week of our Chilean adventure brought us from Santiago to the Atacama Desert, in the extreme north.  On the way, we spent four nights in La Serena, a small coastal town seven hours north of the capital. Naturally,…

And we’re off! After two gloriously uneventful flights, we arrived in Santiago early on the morning of January 9. We left the east coast still reeling from the Polar Vortex and emerged bedraggled from the airport to find 90-degree heat–…