This morning we sang "Cumplemeses feliz" and gave our youngster an extra portion of hugs and kisses. Little Luis just turned six months! To mark the occasion, I've put together the dot-series, where you can watch in time lapse, how much he has grown and learned in that little time! The series started by chance, when I put Luis on our bathroom rug, to take a quick shower. Six months on, he is already too big for the rug, and won't t stay put anyway.

The "big trip" just turned into a mere flying visit to both our families. Our vacation plans collide with the kick-off of a major project, so the whole trip had to be cut short last minute... :-( Nonetheless we'll do a loop through Europe, proudly presenting you little Luis. Our globetrotting baby now has a Chilean and German passport (Dutch papers coming soon), and is ready to go. Everyone who is keen to meet him/us, please let us know and we'll find a way. Nos vemos!!!

Five hours later we arrived at Laguna Torca, where a rustic cottage awaited us, together with horses, dogs, chicken, and (of course) lamas. Rufus, the dog, followed us everywhere. Except into the territory of Rambo, the alpha lama, with whom Florian fought a daily battle of the egos, in order to get us through Rambo-land and into the breakfast room. What an adventure for Luis!  

One day we spent at the coast. The rolling sound of the waves lulled Luis to sleep wonderfully, while we enjoyed a nice walk along the rocky beach. When fishermen saw, how Luis was eating up his whole hand, they recommended us to use sea weed, a traditional teether. However I wasn't quite convinced about the rotten-fish-aroma of the weeds, and decided to better leave them ;-) On the way back to the cottage we drove past the salt fields of Boyeruca, and stocked up on sea salt for five years or more.

Last but not least, we had a beautiful lagoon directly at our door step. Every day we watched the swans and played with Luis in the reeds. He absolutely loved it! In the evenings we made a cosy fire, and after Luis' bedtime, mum and dad enjoyed the sauna (while keeping an eye on the baby phone through the sauna's window). Everything worked surprisingly well. Thus... Europe, here we come!