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| A terremoto |
Last night I had my first 'night out' in Santiago and was taken by Carlos and his colleagues to a delightful bar called (rather aptly) 'the fleapit' (La Piojera). Imagine, you go down a dark, packed, cobbled alleyway into an even more overcrowded basement bar - bare floor, rustic-looking tables and chairs, glasses and paper napkins littered everywhere, conversations pitched at ear-blistering decibels, lots of jostling and folk musicians playing in the corner. Needless to say, the sharp suits of the accountants and lawyers I was with were an interesting, if incongruous, addition to the mix.
Anyway, the drink of choice in said establishment is the 'terremoto' or 'earthquake'. This drink is legendary in Santiago and consists of a pint of sweet fermented wine with 4-5 scoops of pineapple ice-cream on top, all served in a plastic tumbler. It may also contain some sort of liquor but I didn't quite get to the bottom of that.
Needless to say, the drink gets its name from its ability to make the ground move beneath you and I can certainly say it did. Carlos and I had one each to last us the whole evening and found ourselves staggering home. And I suddenly discovered an amazing fluency in Spanish which I do not have in my lessons!
Hi Jayne
ReplyDeleteBrenda said to read your blog so here I am. You have obviously settled in well and enjoying the night life. Actually I thought of you this evening whilst munching my way through a bacon sandwich.
Bye for now
Love Mary (B)
Hi Mary, thanks for the comment and nice to know you are thinking of me. Don't worry, although it's not very common, we can get bacon here - in fact, the first thing I had when I arrived was a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich! Jayne x
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