Adella's Chilean Visit 2002

After my father's death on July 28th, Artie's mother, Adella, needed to get away, so we invited her to visit us here in Chile for nearly 3 weeks. It was scary for her to travel so far alone, but she was happy to discover that she could do it. Many of you know that Adella was married to my father for over 10 years. There is a memorial link available from my home page.

Early in her visit, she was serenaded by our good friend and guitar teacher on his 15th century style lute. Cristián was going to go for a lesson with his teacher after he gave me my lesson on my guitar.

Adella and Cristián have since found that they had a lot in common in their love of poetry. They both write down meaningful lines from poems they read, although in different languages, of course.		   A lute serenade for Adella by Cristián
Sharing a toast with a pisco sour at Mónica's   One day we went to Mónica's apartment for a birthday dinner for Jim, a Canadian friend of ours. Before we ate, we enjoyed a pisco sour, probably the most popular cocktail served in Chile. Since none of us are big drinkers, the single glass is enough for us to share.
Another day we went to the historic Teatro Municipal, commonly known as the Opera House, where we enjoyed a Chopin piano concerto and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Below that's Mónica and Gustavo on the 3rd balcony, during the intermission!   performance of a Chopin piano concerto
Mónica and Gustavo (glasses) in the 3rd level balcony

an appropriative decorative touch at the theater

Check out my webpage on this historic theater with lots more pictures. A new window will open.
Adella was delighted by the organ grinder who comes to the park across the street from our apartment. It brought back memories of the organ grinder she had seen some 80 years ago. Instead of a monkey, however, this organ grinder has tame birds.
Adella with the organ grinder's bird   across the street from our apartment
Adella found ways to keep herself busy when we weren't out and about.
enjoying a book in the rocking chair
She read many of the poems of the famous Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda.		   After I mentioned that I had never heard some of the family stories that people had shared at the funeral, she wrote out as many of Daddy's stories that she could remember for us. I will share them with my sisters.
  Adella writing out memories of Daddy
Not all of our time has been spent in Santiago. Next is our trip to Buenos Aires.