Who has come to visit us here in Chile?

This page is a record of most of the people who have come here to visit us. The farther down you scroll, the earlier in time you get. For some of the visitors, there are links to additional pages of pictures and information about their time in Chile. Please click on them and take a look. Travel vicariously!

Artie's 88 year old mother Adella visited us from August 28 till September 16, 2002. Check out the many pictures from her visit to get an idea of some of the fun things we did together, and find out where we went!

We had a delightful time with Ron and Jo Schuh when they visited us in February from the 15th through the 21st of 2002. Together, we went to see the Concho y Toro winery, the Valle Nevado ski resort as well as some local sights here in Santiago. In the middle of their visit, they went off alone to the beautiful lakes district to visit Puerto Montt, Frutillar, the Island of Chiloe, and cruise on Lago Todos los Santos.
For other pictures and a different slant on the visitors in our banner year for Visitors, check out Activities and Trips with Visitors in 2001.

Her parents and our good friends of many years, John and Bobbi, her sister Jamie, and Grandma Angie all came to Chile for the week of Thanksgiving.   We have really gotten to know Kristin Famula during her 4 months co-op assignment in Chile from September to December of 2001. It's been a wonderful experience for us to act as her family and connection to Chile and the USA. We have taken so many pictures of our times together, documenting her activities, that her grandma likened us to parents with a new baby!

Dom Kennedy and Ann Lynnworth Artie's niece and her friend Dom came to visit us from Sydney, Australia, from April 27 to May 11. They spent many hours working on my computer and bringing it up to date with more memory, a CD burner, a network hub and a newer operating system. We took a number of scenic day trips in the area, and a 3 day trip across the Argentina border near Los Andes. We shared a number of Yoga classes, in the apartment, a local park and at a thermal spa. We enjoyed many vegetarian meals that they, we and Mónica prepared.

Long time family friend Alan Levit came with Artie's brother Ray, for a quick visit from March 25th to the 30th. We took a 3 day trip with them to Temuco and Pucón in the northern part of the lake district. We sent back enough enticing pictures to encourage their wives to come the next time.

Pat & Dave Bollinger Margy's sister and her husband visited February 7-21. We took a trip with them to Puerto Montt, Chiloé, and Frutillar, in the beautiful lake district. They stayed longer in the south and drove across the border to Barriloche, Argentina, before returning to us in Santiago.

Note: Peter and Dawn were married on August 4, 2001. I made a a website of wedding pictures we took there.

Margy's nephew Peter Trabold arrived on January 4th of 2001 with his fiancé Dawn Dolan. Since our parents were still here with us, there were three generations under one roof here in Chile. This was a good opportunity for our parents to meet and get to know Dawn. Peter is a graduate student, earning his Ph.D. at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo NY, and Dawn is a Physician Assistant student at Daemen College, also in Buffalo.

Our parents came for their second visit here in Chile from December 22, 2000 to January 7th, 2001. We managed to pack in a lot of fun activities, with an emphasis on people. We got together with all of the people they met here on their first visit and also socialized with even more of our Chilean friends, and of course with Daddy's grandson Peter and his fiancé Dawn. We are proud of our parents with their adventurous spirit and willingness at 86 and 88 to travel to the southern hemisphere to visit us.

Kim Anschultz, a daughter of our across the street neighbors when we lived in Lake City, Florida, was in Santiago for a few days late in August 2000. We picked her up at her hotel and took her shopping at Santa Lucia before taking her to Da Dinos and showing her our apartment.

Dr. Reba Bandyopadhyay visited Santiago in mid July 2000 when she came to Chile to use the telescope in La Serena. Artie worked with her dad for many years both at Allied Chemical and OxyChem. At right, we enjoyed her explanation of black holes and other "star stuff" while we all shared a meal at Mónica's.

27-29 June 2000, Jenna Borberg and Liz visited us at the end of their 3 month trip through South America. Coming from Machu Pichu, we enjoyed comparing our experiences. Jenna is the daughter of a close college friend of Artie's high school friend, Roy Ratcliffe. The girls spent part of their last day touring Santiago with Mónica's son Alejandro.
		Liz, Mónica, and Jenna Borberg

Bibba and John Spencer Margy's sister and her husband came for 10 days in March 2000. We enjoyed sharing our city of Santiago with them, and later taking a trip together north along the coast, then across the Andes, where this picture was taken, and two days in Argentina before returning across the Andes to Santiago. To see what we did, click on Highlights of Bibba and John's Visit, and Crossing the Andes.

On 11 February 2000 our long time friend, John Famula, came for a quick visit . In the 24 hours he was here, we managed to fit in an afternoon drive partway up into the Andes, where I took this picture. John is now president of operations for Wartsila, and his first job out of Notre Dame was working for Artie 25 years ago.

Gil Mattson, a student from Artie's banjo-building class at the John C. Campbell Folk School, visited us for a few days earlier in February 2000 coming to Santiago as a courier. On top of Cerro San Cristobol, we enjoyed this view of our section of Santiago.

Our parents came to visit us 19 November to 4 December 1999 Adella is Artie's mom and Daddy is Margy's father. They have been married for 7 1/2 years. Daddy is 87 and Adella is 85. Our parents' visit is the start of the pictures and stories. There you will find links to Springtime in the Mountains for beautiful scenes in the hills and the Andes, a Trip to a Winery for pictures from our visit to a winery, and Religious Sculptures of Peter Horn where you can learn about another of our day trips.

Our First Visitors: 25 September, 1999
Tom Davis and George Herrera		Margy, Tom and Artie
Artie and I enjoyed a dinner with Tom and George the night before and then went to meet them again for picture taking before we went to a wedding. Tom is the husband of Terri Maslak Davis, a good friend of Margy's from junior and senior high school. Tom and Terri live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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