Wow, what a beautiful surprise this was! This little restaurant is off the beaten path so I had never heard of it until a friend took me there one beautiful sunny afternoon.

Even the drive is scenic and quaint

Blooming apple trees surround the building

Glimpses of the lavender fields

And the tea house

Bright & sunny - each table is hand stenciled and each chair has been covered in pretty flower fabrics plus each table is set with a different pattern of beautiful old fashioned china

The view of the lavender fields and the lake

I wish you could smell the delightful aromas of lavender and tea When you sit down, you get a complementary glass of lavender lemonade in a wine glass

Even the sugar cubes have been decorated!

Fresh baked cookies, lavender scones and the most delicious tea We had 2 pots - one green tea with blueberry and one black tea with flowers

And they have a large selection of beautiful china and tea pots

And here is their link if you want to go visit!
http://lavandacasadete.cl/sitio/index.php

This little village (the Snail) is NW of the city of Osorno. Beautiful big farms with highbrow neighbors. Maybe a little too rich for our blood! The site is a little over 50 acres and the owner is asking around $5600 per acre. A little too big and little over budget but well worth the walk over this nice piece of land.

The view down the road

View from the gate - most of the land is pasture

Heading down the slope towards the river- the property line is the fence on the right and the clumps of forest are on the other side of the river on another piece of land

This is a spring that comes up about half way down the hill and flows down tot he river

Samuel & Thomas  inspecting the creek flowing down to the river

Views of the river

The view of Volcan Osorno

The bottom land near the river is a little swampy

Coming down the road towards the property

Across the street is a blueberry farm (yum)

To the right would be the road frontage of the property

The view from the front gate - open pasture with a few large trees and a few grazing bulls all the way to the tree line in the back center which is a stand of Eucalyptus

Walking through the eucalyptus stand - the property slopes from the front to the rear creek

At the rear of the property overlooking the creek to the neighbor's farm

Looking towards the front of the property from the stand of woods

The sad part - they are clearing the land to sell for firewood I don't know if they are clearing all the eucalyptus but this is a major drawback for us

A swampy area near the clearcut

The creek that runs on the rear property line is moving fast enough to use for some power generation and seems to flow year round

This is another small creek that runs into the one above

And here is the video Jim put up on Youtube
The land is 8 hectares which is about 20 acres. They are asking around $8k per acre which is way too much but we'll offer what we can and see what happens. Since they are clearing the land for firewood, they may need the money. It is a buyer's market here. Land doesn't move fast and there are rumors that a big fat new tax is looming on the horizon for land purchases (19%) to fund free higher education.

Finally it feels like spring! After a depressing week with lots of rain and cool temps in the 40-50 range, the new month brought warmth and sunshine and the click beetles! It was 70 F today and the warm day was hatching day for the beetles. They are harmless and provided a tasty snack for the ducks first swim! See our movie of the ducks here. Enjoy! Have a splashy day!