Ed was up early to eat and work on videos and Barb slept
in as there was nothing else to do but to wait for the guide. Guess what; he called from the lobby at 9am
to tell us he was here. We had to tell
him to come back at 10am Barb was getting some much needed sleep.
He was nice enough, but we didn’t think that the tour was
as nice as the day before and this was the same company.
We visited the hill where the city was founded and the
President was going to be there tonight so we couldn’t go all the way to the
top. Then we also went to the main market,
the main Cathedral Church, and he also took us to the top of the biggest hill
for a scenic view of the city. They were
shooting a commercial there so we recorded the view and making of the commercial
in one video. Most of the rest of the
time was spent in the van driving and seeing places of interest.
He was going to take us back to the Marriott but we asked
him to drop us off at the market where we had a very large plate of small shrimp. Then we walked down the main pedestrian
street with hundreds of people.
After that, we took the subway to the end of the line to a
place called Los Dominicos, which is a huge Chilean handcraft market. There are about 150 shops at this market and
it was fun as in a number of shops, they were actually making the wood,
leather, copper, silver, etc. things that they had for sale.
Then we took the subway back to the station close to the
hotel, walked the wrong way and ended up in a cab back to the hotel.
We had snacks at 6:30pm in the Executive Lounge and then
took off for the evening.
Today the temp hit 96 degrees and was it ever hot and
humid. Santiago is 2 hours from the
ocean and it is between two different mountain ranges. So it is like living in
a bowl and stays very hot over their summer.
Tomorrow is to be the same.
If we get an extended check-out, I will probably write
another blog – it not, I will write it at home and also build a page with
videos from the trip.
Good night from our last night in Santiago and we will be
home in two days. We hope you have enjoyed reading our blog. Our plane leaves tomorrow evening at 9:45pm
and we will be picked up at the hotel at 6:45pm after another full day of
visiting Santiago.
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| Going out for the day |
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| The biggest and main church |
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| Lunch |
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| A wood cutter in the Chilean market |
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| The subway station At the top of Cerro San Cristobal At the Chilean craft market |
