Cerro Santa Lucia & Hidalgo
Evocative and rich, Santa Lucia is the remnant of an ancient volcano. Hildago is the fortress built into it. I’d love to come back in the spring, but the gardens…
Cerro Santa Lucia
We walked up another hill today – this one called Santa Lucia and far less challenging than Cerro San Cristobal (the one with the funicular). But wow are the…
National Museum of Fine Arts
We stopped in at the National Museum of Fine Arts to see some Chilean artists. Lots from the late 19th century depicting Chilean life. But the best collection we saw…
Student Protests
Our hotel closed its restaurant this morning and delivered breakfast to our room. They were extra nervous about the student protest scheduled to run down the street. But the protestors…
Undurraga Winery
Well. You all know we aren’t really tour bus people, but it seemed like the right thing to do at the time. A local tour bus company was offering C$27,000…
GAM Cultural Center
Today we’re headed to the Undurraga Winery for a tour. It doesn’t start until 13h45, so we had some time to walk over to the GAM Cultural Center. It’s a…
Cerro San Cristobal
We’re in the Bellavista neighborhood in the shadow of Cerro San Cristobal. It looks just like a hill, but it’s actuallys REALLY big.