Residencia Offenbacher-hof Vina del Mar
Balmaceda 102 Vina del Mar, 2520642, Chile
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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside...
Vina del Mar
Thursday 24th November
Taking the short bus ride from Valpo to Vina should have been relatively straightforward but we wrongly assumed that the bus would take us to the terminal. When we realised that the bus was carrying on to another destination we hurriedly got off at the next stop. The only map we had only covered the town centre and we were off the map! A taxi was the only solution. We were by a busy road so we thought ...
The Bohemian City of Valparaiso
... isn't safe and apologises to us. We'd thought she was coming to ask us something, but no, she went out of her way to come and warn us specifically. Crazy! Katie was no longer thinking I was paranoid! She also tells is the museum is no longer open, so we make a quick exit from this dodgy area, heading back down the stairs.
Our book then directs us to an area known for robberies, Plaza Echaurren. We didn't stay long here, had a quick look at the Iglesias ...
Vina del Mar: it's Chile by the sea
... and of course being tourists (and lazy), we caught one :)
We also experienced a small earthquake while having lunch in a cafe! It felt like the earth was vibrating and definitely noticeable though the waitresses barely stopped to take notice. What we felt was apparently a 5.1 magnitude earthquake 50 miles offshore. :-/
Only last year the area had an 8.8 quake that killed hundreds.. Fingers crossed ...
Valparaiso
... var því sáttur með að þeir höfðu hrökklast í burtu við íslensku blótsyrðin og gargið.
Án þess að ýkja gengum við fljót til baka 15 skref og vorum þá komin á fótboltavöllinn þar sem tugir einstaklinga voru að fylgjast með krökkunum leika sér. Sumir horfðu á okkur og höfðu greynilega heyrt gargið í okkur en þar sem viðbrögðin voru ekki meiri en svo að horfa á okkur drifum við okkur eins fljótt og við gátum úr þessu hverfi niður stigann örlagaríka og komum okkur upp þann rétta upp ...
Old English Toffee
... and he let us in. But for various other less interesting reasons we never actually made it inside the club and instead we walked for a few miles more and went to a bar and blagged our way into the VIP area. It was an awesome night in the end and I have started to embrace the crazy Chilean dancing, although its not much different to how some people dance at the Union!
On Sunday Danni had to go back home to Santiago so Camila and I had lunch with ...



