Chile Part 7
Pomaire
Pomaire is a charming little town about an hour outside of Santiago, known for beautiful clay pottery handcrafted by the locals. I remember that when we went here, closer to the beginning of the program, it was striking how different small town life seemed to contrast with life in the Región Metropolitana. Here, the people casually strolled as they went about their business, not pushing and shoving as is a more common custom in Santiago. Everyone was extremely nice, especially the pottery makers, who teased us as we tried our hand on the wheel, desperately trying to keep the clay from flying everywhere. It took me 5 tries to get something that resembled a bowl! I had no idea it was so hard to do. The material we were working with is called Greda, a brown clay omnipresent in Pomaire. After sculpting our works of art and a nice lunch, we shopped around the numerous crafts stores that highlighted the wonders of Greda in a way that our own masterpieces couldn’t quite do. I distinctly remember saying to Nick after 2 hours of exploring, “Dude, please no more pots and pans. Please!!!”
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| One of the locals making pottery out of Greda |
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| All of the EAP student's creations! |
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| Nick and Armin enjoying some lunch |
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| Beautiful Greda pottery. It was cool to look at for the first hour, but after a while we got kinda tired of those darn pots... |
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| Cool little cactus varieties. I was going to buy one, but I didn't have a place with enough sunlight for it. |
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| Mmmm! Cat toenails, what a great alternative medicine (It's actually the name of an herb)! |
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| Cute little handpainted Greda piggybanks |
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| Piggybanks for the three biggest soccer teams in Chile - La Católica, La Universidad de Chile and Colo Colo. You can always see the rivalry through touristy goods like this. |
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| More pots... |
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| "Me gusta el vino" |
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| The Colo Colo pigs suckling on the tits of La U! |
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Una variedad de cosas
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