Pomaire y Isla Negra

Yesterday we had another excursion, to Pomaire, a small artisan's village (mostly pottery), and to Isla Negra, Pablo Neruda's favorite house. It was a nice day. The village was really cool, the main street just had all sorts of pottery all the way down the street. Really cheap too- for example, you could get a decent sized painted flower pot for 80 cents! They had all sorts of things... lots of pots and vases, bowls, pichers, bottles, nativities, giant rosaries, plates, teacups, piggy banks, etc., plain, glazed, painted, etc. I would have bought a lot more, but I never would have been able to get it home! If I decide to ship some things back to the states, I may go back to Pomaire- it wasn't too far and I'm sure there are buses running out there from Valparaiso often. Anyway, it was sunny and warm there yesterday and we had two hours just to wander around, shop, eat lunch. The village is also famous for their one-kilo (2.2 pounds)empanadas! I had a much smaller one.



Pablo Neruda's house was located right by this rocky beach about an hour from Pomaire and an hour and a half from Vina del Mar(and notice, it was cloudy and cold there!) The beach was great... beautiful, and you should have seen how huge the waves were! I would have been fine with just staying at the beach for a couple hours and skipping the tour of his house, to be honest. (Although, I would say this one ended up my favorite of his 3 houses)


Isla Negra, looking up from the beach.


Among other things (ship parts, seashells, insects, butterflies, ships-in-bottles, etc) Pablo Neruda loved collecting glass- here mostly clear, but his house is full of colored glasses and bottles and vases. Once again we couldn't take pictures inside the house, so this will have to do.