Today we toodled around in the Frutillar area of the Southern Lake Region. It is just as beautiful as the Northern Lake Region. Frutillar and other towns in this area were founded by German immigrants about a 100 years ago. You still see evidence - especially in the menus. Kuchen, Strudel, etc. And every town has a Club Aleman (German club).

After a nice sunrise over lake Llanquihue from our window, and a quick breakfast, we drove around the Lake, counter clockwise. Frutillar is around 9:00 (think clock here). Stops to take photos of the Osorno and Calbuco Volcanoes and then on to lunch just outside Puerto Varas around 5:00 (on the clock). It was another unplanned serendipitous visit to a nice looking but unknown Cafe Lahuel in the middle of nowhere. But, as before, we were rewarded for our risk taking with a marvelous sandwich and Strudel that could have walked out of an oven in Munich.

We had wonderful views of 2 volcanoes as we drove around. Very cool (or should I say very caliente!). After lunch, we on toward the lovely Lago Todos Los Santos (around 3:00 on the clock) with stops at the Saltos de Petrohue (waterfalls). These were quite different - sort of like Great Falls on steroids. The pictures don't do it justice, so I took some video which remain to be edited. Maybe on the boat.

Manana - on to Puerto Montt and our Skorpos cruise to the fjords and the San Rafael Glacier. The ship has no internet, so we will be "off the grid" for about 5 days once we set sail. Hasta Pronto.