Pomaire is known for dark clay pottery, handicrafts, and "typical" Chilean foods. Our hosts in Santiago are Lutheran missionaries, Rev. Jim Tino and his wife, Liisa Tino. Liisa, Amanda and I enjoyed lunch in Pomaire, where both Cazuela and Humitas were on the menu. (Nancy and I enjoyed both those dishes as children, when Grandma Creta fixed them.)
Today Amanda and I rented a car and arrived Rancagua before lunch. We spent much of the afternoon trying to find Braden Copper Co files that were reported to be with other human resource docs in a Codelco (Chilean Mining Co) office in Olivar Bajo, southwest of Rancagua. We searched for a couple hours but never found a Codelco office :-( We did find, quite by accident, the office of the miners' union of Braden Copper Co on a side street in Rancagua. We didn't find anyone there to interview.
Being the resourceful people we are, we stopped at a vineyard on the way back to Rancagua and bought a couple bottles of Carminere and Cabernet. No tasting, though!
I'm attaching a photo of our grandfather's "manta" (poncho) that he bought way back when. It has been in cedar for almost 100 years, and has NO moth holes. As we read about the Rancagua area, we find there is a town where those mantas are made for the cowboys or "huasos" who put on annual rodeos in April. Grandpa Fred had not only the manta, but boots, spurs, and hat that still are worn in the rodeos. We hope to get to see Donihue, the weavers' town, before leaving the area Sunday.
Tomorrow night we'll report on our tour to Sewell, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Cazuela and Grandpa's manta:
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