I'm eating fresh fruit

Today was a day of rest. After hiking the volcano, it was due time to just relax. Heck, isn't that what vacation is all about?

Cruising the town
After tidying up our stuff and walking around the premises, we decided to head into town. Pucon is really nice, with quite a bit to choose from. Artisan stands, chique stores, a black pebbled beach and many restaurants made for a leisurely afternoon.

What is your second choice?
For lunch, and the past three meals, my first choice has been consistently unavailable. What are the odds?! Once, sure. But four times in a row is a tad much. This has now been known as the Tiffany ordering curse. And you know this is a curse, when the first dish I wanted included "forest mushrooms"!

Supermarket dogs
When we first got into town we stopped at the Supermarket to pick up some items for our volcano trek. Walking back to the car we were greeted by a mother-dog who had the perfect puppy eyes, begging for food. Looking around we noticed a couple of other dogs, who seemed to be roaming the parking lot.

Since then, we've returned a few times with bits of food. Bread, ice cream cones, fat from steaks - we've been welcomed by these friendly dogs each time. Now they aren't malnourished or such, as they seem to do well enough by living off food they receive in the parking lot.

We've even found locals giving food to the dogs, so we know they'll be okay. I just think of them as the more pleasant version of the squeegee-guys.

Lazy end to the day
Our plan was to visit a "thermas", or thermal bath/hot springs, as there are many in the area. However, with the heat and blue sky all we wanted to do was to take a dip into the pool and relax.

Plan relaxation: success.

Baaaaaaaa
The place we are staying at is surrounded by animals. We've heard chickens, cows, and sheep. But we didn't realise that some of the sheep we heard was actually owned by the property. In the afternoon they were sent to wander about and mow the lawn. That's even better than grasscycling, right? Plus, I bet the dogs would like a sheep. Good thing our host gave us one to take home!

Mirador
With the skies finally clear we had a beautiful view to the volcano. Tonight we watch as the smoke light up its orange hue. An amazing place to visit!

(And of course the day we climbed it was cloudy around the volcano, and today it is perfectly clear. But at least we were able to climb it, as the previous day to our climb it was canceled.)

Fruit picked and eaten from trees: apricots, figs
Other Fresh fruit eaten: cherries, strawberries, blueberries...does wine count?