Santiago, Chile - Day 3

Santiago, Chile

Day 3

Today we climbed, yes there were steep stairs at some places, up Cerro Santa Lucia right in the next block of our hotel. Very nicely maintained in terms of vegetation. It is nice to have such green space in the city. Access needs some work such as the steep stairs! It is a smaller hill right in the city center so you can't really see far.

From there we experienced the Metro system of Santiago. Not too difficult to use other than common mistakes by first-timers. We definitely saw someone going in through those gates but we could not. It turns out you can only go in through the exit if you have a Bip card. When we tried our tickets, it was no go. 

We had a second accident of the trip when Gigi got blindsided by a large dog. Fortunately, it was just a side swipe and a fall.

We walked over to Cerro San Cristobal. We were there yesterday so Gigi and I did not go up again. We did find a nice restaurant where the entire group had a late lunch.

From there, we went over to the market. Fresh and cheap foods.

Tonight, each group prepared their own foods in the hotel apartment. We were going to do it to begin with. It was further reinforced when the server from the restaurant we ate at yesterday told us there might be student protest on the street tonight. Some dinners are much more elaborate than others like ours.

There were some noises in the street tonight but we can't see anything.


PS: I found out the Chile was playing Venezuela in World Cup qualifying that night.  The 4 rounds (I think) of noise that we heard might well have been the cheering for the goals.  Chile 4 - Venezuela 1.