they depart after professing their love for each other. santiago gets lost driving in the rain in the dark while reflecting on the fact that he has seen angelina's home, and the flowers in her garden before, in his dreams. his car gets stuck in the mud and upon existing his car, he slips down a ravine, but finds the perfect stick to get his car out of the mud. as his son paces back and forth, before a ticking grandfather clock, santiago finally arrives home and let's him know what happened, explaining that angelina's house is the most beautiful house on the most spectacular land he's ever seen.