Santiago (A Reprise)

Although our bus troubles were a bit of a pain in the neck, I'm glad we got to spend a few more days wandering around Santiago's parks and pleasant streets, visiting cathedrals (and getting shooed from fancy buildings that we wanted to explore but didn't belong in).

In Santiago, you don't have to go far to find a park. One of my favorites was on a hillside, smack dab in the middle of the city. To get to the top, we had to climb a bunch of crumbling, narrow steps. The hike was well worth it; we were rewarded with gorgeous views of the city.

View of Santiago. See the mountains in the distance?

Tourists looking out to the city and mountains

Tom resting on a stone chaise at the top of the hill

We also spent some time strolling around the Plaza de Armas in the center of Santiago. It's huge and there are plenty of historic buildings around to explore, one of which is the Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago, which is a gorgeous old Cathedral built around 1800.

Inside the Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago

Government building outside the Plaza de Armas. 

We'll miss you, Santiago, but for now... yay Argentina!

 

The above pictures are of us at the border of Chile and Argentina, happy to be crossing over (especially after Tom misplaced some paperwork that he apparently needed), but still half-asleep from an all-night bus trip with no stops and no coffee. We still have a few more of those trips to go, but we're trying not to think about it right now.

-R