Puerto Montt

Arrived late to port and had to jockey the boat around to get a calm place to let us board the tender. The tender was one of our lifeboats - both had cracks in the front windows so that the water splashed in hit any wave. I just hope it wasn't lifeboat 11 which is ours. Paula, I and 16 others did the foodie tour "A Taste of Chile". Paula found it on trip advisor rated as one of the best excursions of the ship and it was pretty darn good.  A German chef transplant picked us up and took us to a local market to buy the food that we would be cooking that afternoon, then we drove to his restaurant in Porta Varas to cook the meal.

 While the chef and a couple of volunteers cooked the meal, the rest of us rode into town for a quick shopping trip. Paula bought  3 bottles of wine at a local grocery store. We then speed shopped thru the artisan center. Paula got 3 sweaters for her grand kids which she used to wrap up her wine.   She got 2 of the three on board. The one bottle I took for her got confiscated. You were allowed to bring one bottle aboard but there was an 18 dollar " corking " fee.  Wasn't worth it for a 6 dollar bottle of wine so they will store it for us and Paula will drink it in Argentina. We figured she didn't get caught cause they were wrapped in sweaters.