Welcome to the capital city of Chile! A pit stop in Sao Paulo and a close look at the Andes, and we are landing.
A little stroll to the main square, and of course, the beer needs testing, and the trip needs christening.
The main cathedral in Santiago is absolutely amazing!
San Cristobal Hill with a cute but very high funicular. What a great view of the city! A walk up a little further to the top and the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.
Then, back down in a gondola.
It wouldn’t be our trip without checking out a high building. Turns out it is the tallest in South America…….
…….. and the best cocktail. It arrived in a closed chest, which, on opening, smoked with dry ice. It tasted fab, too!
Really no idea quite what it was!
The following day commenced with a little uphill exercise up Santa Lucia Hill.
Then, a stroll through town via a busy market stall area. All the locals seem to use sholleys, some for their purchases and some for the wares they were selling. Then, of course, there was a market stall selling them. We were half tempted to buy one just to blend in!
The general cemetery in town is very worthy of a visit. The size of the mausoleums were amazing. I was not surprised to find myself singing “wishing you were somehow here again” from phantom.
A short walk through the arty Bellavista area and dinner in a local restaurant with a taster menu of all things Chilean.
The first course was breads from different areas of the country. Not bread as we know it much more moist and doughy.
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Wow! And that cocktail looked amazing. Happy travels. x
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