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Vina del Mar Slideshow
Vina del Mar
Travel Blogs from Vina del Mar, Chile
A trip to the coast
... last night, but I woke up this morning feeling just about ready to tackle anything. Tom and I decided to check out Viña del Mar. Its a fairly large city on the coast and is about 1.5hrs drive from Santiago (Santiago is actually inland, ...
To be with one's self out of all familiar contexts
... think it can make a profound progress through being with one’s self out of all familiar contexts. Here in Chile I am faced with the opportunity and challenge to start this journey within myself. I know another opportunity like this may ...
Just have a little faith
Well this weekend I had some time to take advantage of things that are either within Vina del Mar or literally the next town over. I know it is better to take advantage of time and opportunities while you have them because there are no guarantees ...
The good old red, white and blue
... (I added pictures so you can tell for yourself.) For about an hour we saw planes in formation and do tricks as well. I thought about the Del Mar air show(even though I haven't seen it, Uncle Fred I would love to go with you next year!) Also the boat part ...
The Vacationer's Nightmare...
... . After another complete Da Vinci breakfast, we walked to get our car and headed about five miles north to Vina del Mar. This is a popular summer vacation destination for the residents of Santiago for it's beaches and shopping. I thought that it ...
Beauty to be seen and experienced
... my studies as well. IFSA-Butler told all the students in this semester to buy their ticket home, or anywhere outside of Chile, for December 12th because that is when the semester officially ends in PUCV. How the semester works at PUCV is that after ...
Nothing is ever a failure
... to her by the foreign exchange student office. The guide focused on cultural events happening in the city next to Vina del Mar, Valparaiso. I am in Valparaiso everyday during the school week because PUCV has a majority of their buildings there. Anyways, ...
This is all a blessing...
... semester at Redlands. In turn I cant wait to share those experiences with you all and with those whom I have gotten to know in Chile. I am not loosing anything, only adding. Soon enough I will be home again with all of you and I cannot wait. In the mean ...
More than thankful on Thanksgiving
... club of Recreo and I was blown away. The club house was right along side the water with a panoramic view of Vina del Mar, Renaca and Concon. The evening started with everyone tricking into the club house while people were talking outside on the patio ...
Just smile and nod
... were excited and nervous for finally came. On Sunday night we left the wonderful hotel in Olmue and headed towards 'la estacion' in Vina del Mar to meet with all of our families. I cannot tell you how nervous I was on the ride from Olmue to Vina del Mar. ...
What culture meant to me
... here and I was beginning to question what that was or what culture meant to me in general. I was definitely reminded and reassured Chile has their own culture and I have two more months to experience it. Below I have pictures from today's event. I know ...
Viña del Mar & Valparasio.
... I add; not happy at all, we discovered that tonights bus was full with Chileans heading backing after spending their Easter weekend in Viña del Mar and so we decided upon on a bus tomorrow night giving us an extra day here, we didn´t plan it and none ...
Not una pescador (fisherwoman!)
Wow, well this trip just keeps getting better and better. Just after my last entry I hopped on a bus to Vina Del Mar. This is about an hour and a half away from Santiago (Chile´s capital) and is known for its personality and the neighboring ...
Beach, dogs, sandwiches and wine
Some say that Viña del Mar is the 'Miami Beach of Chile'... and I totally disagree. Viña has an old world charm to it. Its hillside homes perched on steep streets remind me of San Francisco and its beautiful mansions are reminiscent of ...
Sunset on Valparaiso & Viña del Mar
Rains are over, sunshine is back on Viña del Mar. After the difficulties we faced entering Chile with our dogs I did some research on the requirements for Argentina. Since we are crossing by land the usual procedure for US visitors do not apply: we have ...
Sandy beach, sunny days and huge waves
We have been quite lazy whilst in Vina. We've stayed in bed, slept loads, eaten ice creams, sunbathed on the beach and played in the huge waves that crash onto the steep beach here. The waves were so big and the drag even bigger is was quiet scary ...
I got to finally be a tourist!!
... students in the IFSA program met at 'La Casa Central' at 9:45 am to go on an all-day tour of Valparaíso and ViÑa del Mar. We started on a very nice charter bus which took us to La Sebastiana, one of the homes of famous Chilean author Pablo Neruda. As ...
Weathering the storm
Our first days in Viña del Mar were nice and sunny but these past 48 hours we've been reminded that winter is starting in South America. And when it rains here, it pours! Our awesome rental apartment at Casa del Almirante is built on a bluff overlooking ...
Bahia Inglesa to Vina del Mar
On the road again, for a long stretch again. We didn't find any interesting place to stop closer than Viña del Mar, a beach town West of Santiago near the famous port of Valparaíso, so today we are going for about 500 miles in one shot. We leave ...
rain, rain, rain...........finally sunshine
... Walking 3kms Sun 14th Dec Santiago - Vina del Mar Get 11am bus to Vina del Mar - couldn't decide between Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, so left it up to the booking clerk to choose one for us. Pass through dry hills with fertile, flat-bottomed ...
Montecarlo of Chile
... few hills, seen what all the fuss was about then had a nice lunch in an arty bistro. Then we made our way back to Vina del Mar and had a few hours on the beach, my sandals broke so thats me shopping the next few days to replace them and went ...
Vina del Mar, IBEROMET 2010
... boulot fut fatale. Ca donne vraiment pas envie!! Visite de Vina pendant les après midi libres. We finally arrived to Vina del Mar where I have a conference about materials with academics from South America. I am going to work for Granta during this week ...
Santiago to Viña del Mar
... somehow it all came across. When we arrived at the bus station, we saw several different bus operators offering rides to Viña del Mar. Fortunately, one of them would be boarding in the next ten minutes. That’s the one we chose, ...
Bryllup
... oppe paa praedekestolen og laese et stykke op fra biblen. Der var ogsaa en slags altergang. Familien er katolikker ligesom det meste af Chile. Bagefter tog vi over til festen og folk satte sig ved sit bord og spiste naar de ville. Lidt maereligt at man ...
I am a slacker.
An apology about my complete lack of upkeep in this blog and communication in general is due. Sorry. I don´t really have an excuse. I haven´t been terribly busy, aside from teaching afro-brasilian dance to 3 year olds, translating ...
