Atton El Bosque Santiago

... statement occurring more often than it needed to:<br><br>"Hey, what other buildings do we need in Santiago?"<br>"Dunno....ummmmm.....anot her University?"<br>"Yes!"<br> <br>Chilean culture considers education, particularly higher education, as the way to a better live. As a result there are universities everywhere; we passed three on the two minute walk from the tube station to our hostel alone. As a result there are also students everywhere, and where there are ...

... Stadt. Schön sind die Schneebedeckten Berge hinter der Skyline von Santiago. <br>Grillabend im Hostel und nächsten morgen ab in den Flieger.<br>Ein paar kleine kulinarische Highlights, Leberwurst zum Frühstück, lange nicht gehabt, die Hotdogs, die werden hier gerne mit Guacamole, Tomaten und Mayonnaise gereicht, dass nennt sich dann italienisch und dann gibt es diese wirklich guten Sandwichs mit 3 Lagen dünnem Fleisch, wie ein Steaksandwich.<br><br>Südamerika ade<br><br>

... what we can do in such little time.<br><br>It's been strange to pack my backpack again and to put it back on my shoulders. Everything was spread out like there's no tomorrow, I needed quite a while to sort things out, I hadn't realized I had so much stuff in my packs! :) But after that I was happy, it was good to feel again my old travelling buddy on my shoulders. We were going in for another round!<br><br>I've got my plane tonight at almost 11 PM. Farewell South America!<br><br>

... be enough to get us through our days in Chile.<br><br>On arrival at the hostel at about 4am we were greeted by Jose the night watchman.<br>The hostel is amazing. The building itself is quite old with high ceilings, yet it's as if a wooden chalet has been built inside. The beds are incredibly comfy and even though we were in an 8 bed dorm, it felt really private. They were bunk beds yet you could sit ...

... of year with all the snow and/or not enough snow as I struck it in between seasons. But without sorrow as I have been privileged to be introduced to such a place of the world, a place of mystery, curiosity, adventure and a place I will have to return.<br><br> <br><br> On arrival in El Chalten I saw them both against all odds...Cerro Torre and Monte Fitz Roy (3405m). Both considered amongst the most difficult of all ...

... them for a beer and watched the boxing in the T.V room whilst the girls chatted and read until Daniel returned, however he didn't return until gone 1am at which point he took the key and went clubbing. 3rd May 2009 After not a lot of sleep for anybody, especially Daniel, we woke up at 9am and prepared ourselves for our next trip out. We caught the metro to Universidad de Chile and walked to the museum, as it was Sunday almost everything was shut, but it did mean ...

... am Rande der Innenstadt, auf dem ich vor 5 Jahren schon einmal stand, stehen auf dem Programm. Am Abend ist dann ploetzlich die Hoelle los. Chile hat irgendwas im Fussball gegen Peru gewonnen. Die Chilenen feiern das jedenfalls so, als wenn sie Weltmeister geworden sind. Autokorsos und massenweise tanzende und fahnenschwingende Menschen auf den Strassen bis tief in die Nacht. Am Montag mache ich ...

... mountain for some nice views of the city, interspersed by a thick smog. At the top of Cerro San Cristobal there's a big statue of Mary, but she ain´t a patch on the JC of Rio. On our last night we decided to celebrate by going for a meal. The trip to date has been marred by meticulous penny-pinching, so we deserved this. Taking the advice of a Chilean we met in Madrid, we ate at the Liguria Bar. Apparently it´s ...

... light until 8 in the morning and the sun was setting only after 9. But who would mind in summer? Across the bridge was Barrio Bellavista which immediately evoked the images of a similar place in another South American capital - La Boca in Buenos Aires. Yet, Bellavista was relatively quiet and unpretentious while La Boca with its busloads of tourists, intimidating marching brassbands and fake firefighters collecting donations was ostensibly loud and self ...

... was intrigued and skeptical about his recommendation. "Intrigued" because the carignan varietal comes from southern France where it has been shunned (and more recently revived), but this was the first time I had heard of its existence in Chile. "Skeptical" because the carignan grape is notorious for its high tannins, acidity and bitterness - a most inappropriate pairing for seafood. In spite of my concerns, the soft-spoken ...