@AzulOscuro. Yeah, circumstances kind of pushed us out this way, but it was definitely for the best with everything that has happened between the riots and Covid. Being in the capital has no appeal for me now. We have about 109,000 people, but spread out over approximately 240 square km of small population centers. The only place that can feel at all crowded is the little downtown where many stores and government buildings are, but it's nothing compared to other places. When I lived in greater Santiago our municipality had 101,000 people, but in only 11 square km and that area was less densely populated than many places that are full of high rise apartments and very little green space. 32 municipalities with 6 million people crammed in. It's just people, people and more people on the street, the malls, metro, buses, etc. It's hard to keep any sort of space in many areas.


My birthday is the 16th. The brewery doesn't have a restaurant, but we tried their beer recently and liked it, so we want to buy a bit more and support a local business. Restaurants can open with limited capacity if we are in phase 3, but I am not convinced to try eating out yet. The drive should be nice. The lake had sort of dried out due to the drought here, but we got some decent rain last winter and it is supposed to be better now.