Today we spent time at a museum in an old mansion in town; the building itself was interesting - built by a Spaniard and his Welsh wife - 3 floors with a tower - the view from there was of the ocean and the town. A spiral staircase made of local stone took you from floor to floor. It was called the Provincial Museum of Man and the Sea, and was quite fascinating. Highlights included a preserved giant squid that had to be 14 feet long, and a room dedicated to the resident Orcas in the area, and their intentional beaching behaviour - they do this to snatch unsuspecting seal pups right off the beach, then wiggle back into the water.Random facts: restaurants don´t open for dinner here until 8:00 p.m.; regular stores usually open around 9:30 a.m., close at 1:00, then reopen from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., or some variation of those hours. We went to a Parilla for dinner - this is a restaurant with a brick fireplace and grill over a wood fire, and your meat comes on a brazier with hot coals inside.
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