{"id":1942,"date":"2017-09-21T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2017-09-21T17:46:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:46:47","slug":"nancagua-colchagua-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=1942","title":{"rendered":"Nancagua, Colchagua valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00530.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00530-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00530-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00530-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MAR 12, 2016 &#8211; From Chilo\u00e9 I took a bus towards Santiago and changed in San Fernando to get to the village of Nancagua. I had found a CouchSurfing host by the name of Felipe who lived there with his parents. The reason why I chose this general area was that I wanted to see one of the wine regions of Chile, and it turned out I had chosen the right host: Felipe&#8217;s father was about to harvest his grapes, and Felipe drove me around the valley to visit some of the wineries (ViuManent, Montes, Lapostolle). Besides learning a lot about the local wines and their production, I also found some that I really liked and later ordered at home. The valley&#8217;s central town, Santa Cruz, felt very sleepy &#8211; I barely managed to find an open restaurant &#8211; but then again, it was Sunday evening. On Monday, before leaving, I briefly visited an English class that Felipe was teaching. Unfortunately his students were very hard to motivate, and didn&#8217;t seem to be learning a lot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00528-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00528-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00528-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00528-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00536-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00536-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00536-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00536-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00541-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00541-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00541-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00541-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00553-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00553-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00553-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00553-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00559-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00559-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00559-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00559-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00563-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00563-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00563-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00563-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00564-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00564-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00564-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00564-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00570.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00570-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00570-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00570-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00570-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00583-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00583-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00583-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00583-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00587.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00587-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00587-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00587-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160312_DSC00587-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00623-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00623-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00623-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00630-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00630-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00630-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00630-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1957\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00631-e1506007470419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00631-e1506007470419-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00631-e1506007470419-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00631-e1506007470419-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh wine after only a week of fermentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00637-e1506007457501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00637-e1506007457501-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00637-e1506007457501-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00637-e1506007457501-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00641-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00641-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00641-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00645-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00645-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00645-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00645-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00658-e1506007439499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00658-e1506007439499-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00658-e1506007439499-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160313_DSC00658-e1506007439499-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160314_DSC00665.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160314_DSC00665-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160314_DSC00665-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/160314_DSC00665-300x225.jpg 300w, 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I had found a CouchSurfing host by the name of Felipe who lived there with his parents. The reason why I chose this general area was that I wanted to see<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=1942\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1965,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions\/1965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}