Today we had a tour of the City of Santiago. We didn't know this, but Santiago means St. James in English. So there you go. Tiago means James...who knew?
Our guide was there to pick us up this morning at 10 am. And who was it, but Luis! Our driver/guide from yesterday. Perfect! The hotel had arranged both days, so I guess it's not a stretch to think Luis would be there. And he does live in Santiago.
This city has about 6 million inhabitants. That's big. I won't bore you with pictures of the buildings, parks, and churches we visited and their significance. Just a few different photos from the places we went.
We stopped at a park. A true hippy-mobile was parked there.
They have exercise equipment in the park. Very cool. Here's one.
Some pretty neat swans with black necks and heads.
We then drove up to the top of the San Cristobal hills. Very expensive homes up here. The views would be terrific if it wasn't for the smoke. About 70-100 km away there are forest/grass fires burning and it's causing a lot of smoke over the city. In addition of course is the 30C heat and smog. I tried to improve the picture without much luck.
An interesting cat walk from one building to another. Quite high above the street. Usually they're at a mezzanine level. This one must have been the 6th or 7th floor level.
Here's a different kind of drink you can get in Chile called Mote con Huesillo. Made with husked wheat (on the bottom) and cooked peaches, then served chilled. Not my kind of drink - too sweet for me.
In the main square are various historic monuments. This was one on the pavement showing the City of Santiago in 18xx (something). On one side is the river, and the other is the...WHAT? Where are we again? La Canada river, which doesn't really exist any more.
Last night we ate at the Como Agua Para Chocolate restaurant (there was a movie with the same name). We looked inside to eat, but decided to eat out on the sidewalk. While we were there, we noticed this table that had a family sitting at it. I didn't want to take a picture then, but since we were by there today, I stepped inside and snapped a shot. Pretty cool, eh? Sitting at a bed.
Our tour was over around 2 pm and we were getting pretty hungry and thirsty. Our waiter obliged us with a photo.
As I've mentioned before, sometimes translations are rather funny. Check out the "Widower Cat". A half METER of loin??? Yikes, that's a lot of meat. And what kind of meat is it?????
This is our hotel, The Aubrey, from outside the gate.
Tonight we went out for a "light" dinner. Joanne had a Fisherman's salad, and I had a Caesar salad with chicken. Really little, eh? Neither of us could eat it all.
I posted a little video on Facebook as I couldn't load it here. Take a look - kinda funny.
Our guide was there to pick us up this morning at 10 am. And who was it, but Luis! Our driver/guide from yesterday. Perfect! The hotel had arranged both days, so I guess it's not a stretch to think Luis would be there. And he does live in Santiago.
This city has about 6 million inhabitants. That's big. I won't bore you with pictures of the buildings, parks, and churches we visited and their significance. Just a few different photos from the places we went.
We stopped at a park. A true hippy-mobile was parked there.
They have exercise equipment in the park. Very cool. Here's one.
Some pretty neat swans with black necks and heads.
We then drove up to the top of the San Cristobal hills. Very expensive homes up here. The views would be terrific if it wasn't for the smoke. About 70-100 km away there are forest/grass fires burning and it's causing a lot of smoke over the city. In addition of course is the 30C heat and smog. I tried to improve the picture without much luck.
An interesting cat walk from one building to another. Quite high above the street. Usually they're at a mezzanine level. This one must have been the 6th or 7th floor level.
Here's a different kind of drink you can get in Chile called Mote con Huesillo. Made with husked wheat (on the bottom) and cooked peaches, then served chilled. Not my kind of drink - too sweet for me.
In the main square are various historic monuments. This was one on the pavement showing the City of Santiago in 18xx (something). On one side is the river, and the other is the...WHAT? Where are we again? La Canada river, which doesn't really exist any more.
Last night we ate at the Como Agua Para Chocolate restaurant (there was a movie with the same name). We looked inside to eat, but decided to eat out on the sidewalk. While we were there, we noticed this table that had a family sitting at it. I didn't want to take a picture then, but since we were by there today, I stepped inside and snapped a shot. Pretty cool, eh? Sitting at a bed.
Our tour was over around 2 pm and we were getting pretty hungry and thirsty. Our waiter obliged us with a photo.
As I've mentioned before, sometimes translations are rather funny. Check out the "Widower Cat". A half METER of loin??? Yikes, that's a lot of meat. And what kind of meat is it?????
Tonight we went out for a "light" dinner. Joanne had a Fisherman's salad, and I had a Caesar salad with chicken. Really little, eh? Neither of us could eat it all.
I posted a little video on Facebook as I couldn't load it here. Take a look - kinda funny.
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