I am baaaaack....Santiago round two
So I am currently in Santiagoin a place called Hostal Rio Amazons in a 4 bed room with Katie and H and I have had a little de ja vu and tried to recall the last time I was here. So I thought Iwould check my old blogs and see and then maybe blog again about it.
How amusing that there was simply one line in my previous blog
Marty Mcfly never said time travelling was so hard and I really haven't made the most of my time here.
I had one day having flown in from New Zealand and crossed the date line hence the time travel!!!!
So scroll forward 6 years ..........
We landed fresh (ha ha) from the UK this morning at about 0830 local time and to be honest Ihave spent most of the day wondering what day it is and what time but then considering Iwas in Japan 3 days ago....so +7 and -4 who knows what hour?
So today we have charged around in someways and are now trying very hard to stay awake past 1930.
Having checked into our hostel we toddled off for a coffee that was initially just a vague amble with the goal of churros. we finally settled on a place called Rosa something it had a nice looking lady printed on their napkins, was outside and showed promise of churros, very good ice cream and cakes. Apparently I have since read is actually a pretty good choice of cafe and a chain one!
As we waited for our coffees and hot chocolate and churros we soon began to wonder what part of the town we were sat in as a number of interesting individuals approached us, one who stole the croissant off the plate of the lady sat next to us. The waitress then said there were n churros, having fully tried the upsellnon us for them. Sad face.
A coffee down off we went still with churros on our mind we headed to the Museum of Visual Arts.....closed all week as they are changing the art. Doh! All around this area we soon discovered loads of cool cafes adn funky streets and managed to get some directions to find some churros......Churro mania!
It was still onlt about 1030 and very felt like the city was yet to wake up
A short detour up a small hill with a view where H became the seemingly much more interesting tourist attraction to the school group no doubt out to learn about their city. Cerro Santa Lucia. Well worth the view of the city and you can begin to see how Pedro Valdivia description of the flat land butted up against the mountains is so striking and begin to wonder and can see how this must have all been jungle.
Churromania
I think this is like going to McDonalds for Churros but they were pretty good. Possibly a slight misconception from us that churros would be everywhere. I think a slightly more refined search would find us a place with decent vibe and churros.
However, they were pretty damn good I always question something covered in the that much sugar that's been deep fried!
Palacio de la Moneda
This was the Presidential residence now it does hold the highest seat in Governement...if you know what I mean but isn't the presidents place anymore. They had a big tent out the front when we got there which meant we didn't get close and in hindsight you can actually walk through the place a bit like I imagine horses guard in London. It's a big square courtyard inside and is a building that takes up a block.
Last time I happened to watch the changing of the guard. It every even numbered day at 1000.
Plaza de Armas
this is one of the main squares and has one of if not the oldest building on it. The cathedral dating back to about 1710.....though 3 had previously been built there this one finally survived the attacks and earthequakes that destroyed a lot of the structures pre that.
The usual caricature artists, famous people artists and real people pretending to be statues a brass band and just generally an atmospheric centre with a buzzing vibe from children to families to people playing chess to tourists. All surrounded by a cathedral, the post office, the national history museum, a lot of buildings have a very colonial feeling to them
Centro mercado...giant empenadas. Under the illusion that these are finger food and would simply do as a starter we ordered twice as many and looked like glutinous tourists having wondered around this fish market being harassed to pick a restuarant. A bit like the fish market Itajai and I ensure ifnyounget the right little restaurant it is super cheap, 3 pounds for fresh fish and 1 pound for an empaneda that was the size of a Cornish pasty!
The female bejesus Cerro San Cristobal. Apologies if that is insulting but sat above the city on a hill is what you initially directly compare to the Jesus on the hill in Rio. Maybe not as imposing and definitely not as big but still striking none the less and very very peaceful.
Also they sold candy floss up there, what's not to like
Patio bellavista
Tired little feet and jet lagged bodies continued to just get the start of thing opening up and buzzingas we wandered through Barrio Bellavista known for their restaurants and bars and a lot later on the nightlife. More brightly coloured buildings and art were abundant here and you could feel that if we could make past 2100 the place would have a seriously lively fun vibe!
How amusing that there was simply one line in my previous blog
Marty Mcfly never said time travelling was so hard and I really haven't made the most of my time here.
I had one day having flown in from New Zealand and crossed the date line hence the time travel!!!!
So scroll forward 6 years ..........
We landed fresh (ha ha) from the UK this morning at about 0830 local time and to be honest Ihave spent most of the day wondering what day it is and what time but then considering Iwas in Japan 3 days ago....so +7 and -4 who knows what hour?
So today we have charged around in someways and are now trying very hard to stay awake past 1930.
Having checked into our hostel we toddled off for a coffee that was initially just a vague amble with the goal of churros. we finally settled on a place called Rosa something it had a nice looking lady printed on their napkins, was outside and showed promise of churros, very good ice cream and cakes. Apparently I have since read is actually a pretty good choice of cafe and a chain one!
As we waited for our coffees and hot chocolate and churros we soon began to wonder what part of the town we were sat in as a number of interesting individuals approached us, one who stole the croissant off the plate of the lady sat next to us. The waitress then said there were n churros, having fully tried the upsellnon us for them. Sad face.
A coffee down off we went still with churros on our mind we headed to the Museum of Visual Arts.....closed all week as they are changing the art. Doh! All around this area we soon discovered loads of cool cafes adn funky streets and managed to get some directions to find some churros......Churro mania!
It was still onlt about 1030 and very felt like the city was yet to wake up
A short detour up a small hill with a view where H became the seemingly much more interesting tourist attraction to the school group no doubt out to learn about their city. Cerro Santa Lucia. Well worth the view of the city and you can begin to see how Pedro Valdivia description of the flat land butted up against the mountains is so striking and begin to wonder and can see how this must have all been jungle.
Churromania
I think this is like going to McDonalds for Churros but they were pretty good. Possibly a slight misconception from us that churros would be everywhere. I think a slightly more refined search would find us a place with decent vibe and churros.
However, they were pretty damn good I always question something covered in the that much sugar that's been deep fried!
Palacio de la Moneda
This was the Presidential residence now it does hold the highest seat in Governement...if you know what I mean but isn't the presidents place anymore. They had a big tent out the front when we got there which meant we didn't get close and in hindsight you can actually walk through the place a bit like I imagine horses guard in London. It's a big square courtyard inside and is a building that takes up a block.
Last time I happened to watch the changing of the guard. It every even numbered day at 1000.
Plaza de Armas
this is one of the main squares and has one of if not the oldest building on it. The cathedral dating back to about 1710.....though 3 had previously been built there this one finally survived the attacks and earthequakes that destroyed a lot of the structures pre that.
The usual caricature artists, famous people artists and real people pretending to be statues a brass band and just generally an atmospheric centre with a buzzing vibe from children to families to people playing chess to tourists. All surrounded by a cathedral, the post office, the national history museum, a lot of buildings have a very colonial feeling to them
Centro mercado...giant empenadas. Under the illusion that these are finger food and would simply do as a starter we ordered twice as many and looked like glutinous tourists having wondered around this fish market being harassed to pick a restuarant. A bit like the fish market Itajai and I ensure ifnyounget the right little restaurant it is super cheap, 3 pounds for fresh fish and 1 pound for an empaneda that was the size of a Cornish pasty!
The female bejesus Cerro San Cristobal. Apologies if that is insulting but sat above the city on a hill is what you initially directly compare to the Jesus on the hill in Rio. Maybe not as imposing and definitely not as big but still striking none the less and very very peaceful.
Also they sold candy floss up there, what's not to like
Patio bellavista
Tired little feet and jet lagged bodies continued to just get the start of thing opening up and buzzingas we wandered through Barrio Bellavista known for their restaurants and bars and a lot later on the nightlife. More brightly coloured buildings and art were abundant here and you could feel that if we could make past 2100 the place would have a seriously lively fun vibe!
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