We are officially now in Buenos Aires, Argentina but before we get on to that we wanted to show everyone some pictures from our second week in Santiago, Chile. We had planned to go to Valpraiso while we were in Chile but we were enjoying the lifestyle in Santiago so much that we couldn't get ourselves to leave the city. The nice thing about not having a schedule is that you can do what you want, the bad thing is you do not see as much but as long as you are doing what you want to do and enjoying yourself then I guess that is all that matters (and we are). Santiago is so modern and clean and affordable its definitely a nice big city that would fit in the United States or any modern country anywhere in the world. Here are some photos of our last few days.
This is the river by our house lit up at night. This is by far the best it ever looks because during the day it just looks like mud flowing under the city.
We went to a very famous restaurant in Santiago Centro called La Piojera that is famous for their terramottos (earthquakes). Terramottos are made of pineapple sorbet white wine, grenadine and some sort of other liquor keeping with the everyone in Chile has a belly theme. We had an interesting experience because no one spoke English here (and Chilean Spanish is so poor they rarely can be understood by other Spanish speaking countries) and there was no menu so we ended up getting a Chilean Staple which is bife a la pobre which is a skirt steak served with fries and eggs. If you are ever in Chile this is a great place to go.
The street by our house seems to be the liveliest in all of the town. No matter when you walk on Pio Nono there are people singing and eating and drinking up until the sun comes up. We stumbled upon these street performers and there were also some very drunk dancers which we have to leave that photo out do to the X rating.
This is from the top of San Cristobal Hill which is a beautiful hill/park right in the center of downtown Chile. It is free but before you enter you have to write down your passport number to be allowed in. That is probably how they keep it so perfect.
Here is a Photo leaning against one of the walls.
At the bottom of the park on our way out we stopped in front of this beautiful building.
This is the beautiful north entrance as you walk up the hill. People are laying around the park eating ice cream (of course) and just laying in the sun.
Here is a close up of the fountain at the bottom which is so pretty.
These are pictures of the famous and preserved red houses.
This is on the famous Lastarria street and I just loved the pictures of the house covered in ivy.
I had to try the emapanadas. They were nothing special nor were the sopapillas but that just means We will have to try them somewhere else until we find the best ones.
This place was incredible. It was inside the central market where they sold all kinds of fish (not as pretty as in Asia) and had a ton of nice restaurants.
As you walk around Santiago there are tons of churches and old buildings like this that you run into. We really enjoyed ourselves in Santiago and are sad to leave. We ate at some great places like Gallindo (typical Chilean), Kintaro (Sushi), Casa Lastarria (great atmosphere, over priced food) and of course the most famous ice cream in the city (Emporia a la Rosa). We leave you with some of the art/graffiti you see on a daily basis walking around Santiago Chile and a picture of our superbowl set up because we had to watch it while we were abroad. Until Argentina!!! Ciao!
PS - we had cheese and guacamole and watched the game on the big tv but the commercials on the computer because in Chile they do not play our commercials obviously.
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