Well, it's time for the next update on our trip through South America. After spending a week in Argentina while Sarah finished up her classes, we hopped on a place and headed to Santiago, Chile. It was still pretty cold while we were there, but the city is very beautiful, clean, and has a sweet subway system. Here we are in the Plaza de las Armas, which is considered the center of the old colonial part of town. We were able to visit the National Cathedral and the several Pre-Columbian art museums.
This is at the top of a huge fortress/palace that was built on a hill in the center of town. Santiago is surrounded by mountains on three sides, so it offered a great view of the entire valley.
We also managed to take an old trolley car up to one of the larger hills on the outskirt of town to see their statue of the Virgin Mary that overlooks the entire city. It was amazing, but I suppose it kind of pales in comparison to Cristo statue that we visited in Rio de Janeiro (spoiler alert). Santiago was surprisingly a very modern, cosmopolitan city, and the people we're really nice, but we decided to take the last day in Chile and take a bus to...
Valparaiso! Valparaiso is a coastal fishing town that is built up into the hills surrounding the beach. There wasn't much to do there beyond walk around and look at the ocean, but we still had a great time wandering around.
All of the small neighborhoods in the hills offered some amazing views of the city and the ocean. We had a great time in Valparaiso and Sarah was able to get some tasty seafood before we finally headed back to Santiago. After that, we hopped on another place for the final leg of our journey to Brazil. Stay tuned!
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