Today is our excursion to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. It takes a couple
of hours to get there. The flat part of Valparaiso looks like any typical Latin American town (kind of reminds me of the new parts of Panama City), but the hills are quite special. The houses are all
built willy-nilly into the hills with all different building materials
and styles. The street art is what makes this area special. It started
in the 60s and was so popular that it became a status symbol for the
people living here, and was exported to other cities. The bus took us to
the top of a hill and we walked down so we can explore the area in my
detail. Claudio pointed out a few key murals on the way with some
interesting history.
At one point, we were unfortunately delayed by one
person in the group who turned out to be less mobile than he realized.
Claudio had to take care of him which caused the rest of us to have to
wait around for an hour. When he finally returned, we walked to the
funicular to get down the hill back to the flats and meet up with the
bus. Our next stop is Vina del Mar, which is a resort-y area that has
the feeling of Miami, lots of high rise condos overlooking the beach. We
drive by the casino and the famous flower clock before heading to
Tierra de Fuego restaurant for lunch. This meal started with many
delicious tapas appetizers, more pisco sours by the waterfront.
Our
evening meal is dinner in the restaurant preceded by a short talk by Dr
Krupp. He continues the info regarding the eclipse, which is tomorrow.
The meal is fine but we have been eating so much that I just picked at
my meal. We have a very early start tomorrow at 2:45a so everyone turns
in early.
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