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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Was just looking at a map in order to visualize just how far we are from home. It’s this far. Notice how it says “Antarctica” below the blue dot. That…
Whomever “we” are, anyway. Big celebration in central Santiago tonight for a futbol team that won something big. Lots of honking, fireworks, chanting, and flag waving. Woo-hoo! Great first day…
Dinner tonight at a place called Bocanariz in our Santiago neighborhood, which is called Lastarria. It’s a wine-bar-cum-restaurant where the menu was a little confusing (but delish) and they offered…
Taking the funicular down the hill yesterday. Santiago is revealed for a quick second before disappearing behind the trees. Weird to be in the middle of Autumn in May.