Hostal Vista Hermosa 26 Vina del Mar

... smo otisli samo kratko do grada i to do hitne (koja je bila KRCATA ljudima s maskom na licu) pa do trgovine da kupimo neke namirnice. malo sam bacila oko na cijene i zakljucila da nije nista jeftinije nego u hrvatskoj. red bull npr. dode 15kn, kinder jaje 7,5, mlijeko nekih 5kn, kruh isto tako. uzela sam si neku cileansku cokoladu cisto da probam pa sam kasnije saznala da je to najgora cokolada ovdje iako je meni bila super :D na istu je ...

... three lines inside of it! Tricky, tricky. That trick was one of his easier ones, too! Margarita and I played lots of bowling, tennis, and golf on Wii Sports. (I don't think she gets how to do the golf very well - but hey, what mom does?) hehe!

Ahora, necesito leer unas cuentas para mi clase de cultura chilena mañana. (Now, I need to read some short stories for my Chilean Culture class tomorrow.) I'll write again, soon!

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... we spènd the evening in a lovely little tea shop. honestly though i have never been this cold, really, i know i exagerate but i feel like this must be new york in the winter time or something.... i wore like all the clothes i brought and was still freezing.

... We rushed back to the hostel to call the UK bank to put a hold on the card. Luckily we are travelling together and planned ahead for this type of occurrence so what could have been a big issue turned out to be only a minor stress. With so many different places to explore, people to meet, food to eat, stairs and elevators to climb, my initial two-day stay in Valparaiso turned into five and I was sorry to leave Valparaiso. It is definitely on my list of places to return. Chau for now. Alan

... looking like ZZ Top. Unfortunately, he was less successful at getting a plane ticket for Punta Arenas. We finally figured the best bet would be for him to simply show up at the airport the next morning with his original booking and hope for the best. Vina del Mar and Valparaiso are both beautiful cities with so much to see and do. The only disappointment was only having the day to spend there. But I was really happy to have had the chance to see them at all.

... recognizable, but ones whose names and composers I didn't. I zoned out for the first half of the concert, because I had seen churros being sold, but didn't have the time to buy some before the concert started, and thus thought about churros the whole time. During the intermission, I managed to get some churros, but then was distracted during the second half of the performance, marveling at how many churros I just ate, especially since they ...

... Coke Light, as it is called outside the U.S. The store was mobbed, as it was a weekend and 4 days before Christmas. I would have liked to have seen more of the city, but we only had about an hour before we had to be on board and the logistics of getting to the ship were such that I didn't want to stray too far. Back on the ship, we went to our cabin and found that our luggage had arrived, so we unpacked ...

... of the group left Sunday morning, but a few of us stayed (class? What class?!). We decided to split up for the day, so I made my friend Caitlin come with me to the mall so I could go 'gift shopping' and whatnot. I got a Subway sandwich, which was amazing, but no gifts, sorry kids. That was basically it. The trip home was a little shorter, but not without its share of drama. When we left Santiago, the drivers said that we may have to turn around ...

... that we headed to an open air club with a band playing on a stage, until about 4am, when we called it a night, only before stopping at the petrol station for late night snacks, a hotdog for Daniella and crackers and cheese for me. The next day we slept until about 3pm, then together with Amy and Steph, we went to the nearby beach resort of Vina Del Mar. The town itself is nice though it does not have the same lovely feel as Valparaiso does, it is ...

... might think... in fact, it was lovely (a Chilean speciality, dontcha know!). I ate this in the most beautiful restaurant - all dark wood, with pastel green walls (as my living room will be, when I pull my finger out and paint it!), and a view of one of the local squares... Also had a Pisco Sour at a marvellous hotel, on a terrace overlooking the bay, yesterday. I was welcomed by the Chilean equivalent ...