A few weeks ago we were privileged to have Vice President Joseph Biden, his wife, and one of his granddaughters come to Chile. Logistically, it was a challenging trip, with a summit meeting in Vina del Mar, and a bilateral meeting in Santiago.
Here Dr/Mrs Biden is, with their granddaughter, Ambassador Simons, and his wife, listening to Joe Biden talk. He seemed well acquainted with the challenges face by Foreign Service families.
In person he was very warm and friendly with everyone, and took time for everyone to have their pictures taken with him.
I had responsibilities for one of the control rooms in Vina del Mar. As I was getting home around 2:30 that morning, I saw this wretched car wreck around the corner from our apartment. It had just happened, and the police hadn't arrived on the scene yet. I think the driver was drunk--a common occurrence in Chile.
For Easter my wife baked a cake and brought it to the office. Many hands made light work, and it was gone in seconds.
We celebrated 2 years of marital bliss by sneaking out of the Embassy to one of our favorite Indian restaurants for a long lunch. I also brought my wife some roses.
A few days later we enjoyed some home-made blueberry pie. One thing I appreciate about Chile is being able to get lots of good fruit.
We went with some friends for lunch at La Liguria, a nice restaurant a few blocks from the Embassy.
We got there around 12:30--much earlier than the normal Chilean lunch time, and had the place to ourselves at first. And so life goes on. Life here has its ups and downs, but we are thankful for a nice place to live, an interesting job, and nice people to work with.
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