Not only was I lucky enough that my friend and her family let me stay at their home. They literally treated me like family. The first few days was just living life as it was lived at the Munoz household. Little brother Manu cooked amazing food. Tia came home from working at the feria to have lunch with me and then men of the house. We ate and of course all partook in a nap afterwards. Friends came over. Tea times. Drinks. And of course more and more food and sun.
This was about the time I understood the strength of the Chilean sun. I also didn’t know at the time there was hole in the ozone. Being from Hawaii, I did put on my sunscreen but I thought I could handle it. But no one handles a hole in the ozone very well…if only I knew. I was a lobster by the end of the day and for about three days following that incident.
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