We say goodbye to Chile and hello to the U.S. Last night at the Santiago airport, LAN was oversold in Business Class to Miami, so we managed to wiggle our…
The Andes have been playing hide and seek since we got here. The first day it was extremely hazy so we only saw outlines of the mountains and they looked…
Our neighborhood in Santiago is quite cute. It’s very reminiscent of the Palermo Hollywood neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Tonight we tried to make it to a restaurant in Providencia,…
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…
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…