Mi Primero Asado (My First Chilean Bar-B-Q)

In Chile asados are very popular. They are essentially Bar-B-Qs. I attended my first today. Nacha and I went with her boyfriend's family to his uncle's weekend house in the countryside. By house, it was a little shack made of two by fours and plywood. It was painted and nice, but Chileans love to spend their time outdoors. In their yard they had lemon trees, avacado trees (This is funny because in Chile abacado means lawyer. They didn't understand why I was saying a lawyer tree.), orange trees, a see saw, swing set, pool, and zip line with a seat.

We just hung out and played all day. It was me, Nacha, Roman (her bf), his brother, his two younger cousins, his aunt, his uncle, and his parents. We played with the various things in the yard (except the pool as it is winter here) as well as the Chilean version of horseshoes and soccer. Then the younger people went for a bike ride in search of empanadas to add to our meal, but all of the roadside shacks were closed because it was a Sunday. We returned empty handed but were served cansuela, a traditional chilean dish. It's essentially chicken and vegetable soup.

This is what the countryside looks like:

Roman and Nacha:

Roman's cousin, me, Roman's brother:

Me challenging the cousins to Chilean horseshoes:

Me on the zip line:

Bueno Bye.