We came down the mountain on Saturday evening, and everyone needed a day to recover from skiing, so we stuck close to the apartment yesterday and watched all the World Cup games, which was just as well since it was raining all day. Today, was lovely, though, and we were ready to get out and about and check out some of the city's offerings. We intended just to pass through the Constanera Center (a shopping mall) on our way to the Sky Constanera Tower, but we found a couple of stores we wanted to stop in on the way, including a really cool book store.
Since the tower appeared to be closed to visitors today because of a holiday, we proceeded on to the Parque de las Esculturas (Sculpture Park) and then over to the Parque Metropolitano, which claims to be the largest urban park in Latin America. There, we had our picnic lunch, rode a cable car to the top of Cerro San Cristobal, tried the national drink of Chile (mote con huesillo), played at an amazing playground about halfway down the hill, and then hiked the rest of the way down the hill and back to our apartment. It was a great introduction to this great city, and we had a wonderful day!
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| Antarctica Bookstore |
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Max stopped to inspect a travel agency's display,
noting that we've been to all these continents. |
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| These boys always find a tree to climb! |
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| Sky Constanera Tower from the Sculpture Park |
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| Parque de los Esculturas |
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| Climbing high with one of my monkeys at Parque Metropolitano |
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| Seeing the city from the cable car as it ascends Cerro San Cristobal |
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| Church at the top of Cerro San Cristobal |
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| Santiago |
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| Little boys love big equipment |
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| The swinging Watts boys |
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