Valdivia

This picture was taken from a Spanish fort just outside the town of Valdivia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

We had another three day weekend here at UBB so I decided to travel to Valdivia with the two other U of I students Mickey and Kora. Valdivia is a city about 7 hours south of Concepcion, it is located between two rivers about 10 miles from the Pacific. It is a beautiful, tranquil, rainy town of about 130,000 people. It is famous for its rain, and it was also the epicenter for the most powerful earthquake in modern history a 9.5 magnitude earthquake (in the 1960´s).

We spent our one full day there visiting the Spanish fort, the Kuntsman Cerveceria, and taking a boat ride on the river.

It was a beautiful and quiet city. A great place to spend a relaxing weekend.