More Fun in Santiago

We went back over to the Parque Metropolitano today because we wanted to see the Japanese Garden and the Mapulemu Garden of native plants. The first turned out to be closed for renovations, but we got a nice hike out of it. And when we had seen the second, we popped over to the Gabriela Mistral playground, which we loved so much yesterday. It was even more fun today because we had it almost entirely to ourselves. On our way back to the apartment, we walked by the impressive U.S. Embassy to get an idea of possible future work environs. We were amazed at how large it was and at all the security. Once we were back at the apartment, we watched England pull out a miraculous World Cup victory over Columbia. And this evening, we caught an Uber over to Barrio Italia, which has some fun and interesting shops and restaurants. We wandered through several of the shops, bought some painted chocolates at a little chocolate kiosk, had a wonderful dinner at Bar Italia, and grabbed some ice cream at Nahia before heading back to our apartment. It was a lovely day!

Jardín Mapulemu

Gabriela Mistral Playground

U.S. Embassy

Barrio Italia

Big Day for the Little Man

Clay had his first soccer scrimmage this morning, and I can't even describe the all cuteness and chaos! It was adorable and somewhat comical to watch. We all had such a great time! Clay had lots of time in the field and also had a chance to play goalie.

Clay getting in on the field action

Guarding the goal

Making a big play

This afternoon, Clay had his first opportunity to sell popcorn with some other members of his Cub Scout pack at Walmart. He was the only Tiger scout there and therefore the youngest, but he held his own selling with the older scouts. He's a natural salesman, and he's super cute, so he had a lot working in his favor. We are just so proud of our little guy!

Who's going to say "No" to this sweet little Tiger Cub?!