Crown Royal Hotel Vina del Mar

je reveille ds le lit de la tte derniere: emila 6 ans<br>on mattd pour le petit dej: consuelo, emy, et doris la nounou a tps plein...<br>trop sympa<br>la maison est magnifique, immense, artistiqumt parlant au top, et la famille geniale, les 3 autres garcon st au college anlais et le grd de 15 ans est en voyage scolaire!!!!<br>comsuelo entreprd de fre vister les coins sympas: vña del mat: la plage et ...

u srijedu smo esteban i ja bili na pjescanim dinama i bilo je fenomenalno! ;) nisam znala da je tako tesko popeti se 10m hodajuci po pijesku :) s "vrha" vidi se grad i ocean, totalno fenomenalni pogled :) na drugom brdu bili su neki ljudi koji su se po dinama vozali na motoru i jedan je prosao kraj nas, a ja sam samo vikala: hocu i ja! bojim se! hocu i ja! :D poslije toga smo isli do grada da si nadem neki jeftini mobitel (nakon sto sam ...

... poh, carrete, hue'on, cachai, bacan, etc.) I read some more for my classes and took a little nap until it was time to meet up with my group for Intercambio Idiomas (where a group of us American exchange students practice their Spanish and Chilean students practice their English). Oscar drove me down to the beach to meet everyone. From there, 5 of us (2 Chileans and 3 Americans) took a long walk along the sea. I was beautiful as usually ...

... we were just about the only gringo's in the place. It took a couple of ron &amp; cokes to get our hips sufficiently loosened, but we eventually made it out to the danceflor to get our shimmy on - though neither we nor anybody else could compete with Coco's moves! The following day was taken up with wandering around the winding, cobbled and colourful streets for which Valpo is reknowned (its a UNESCO World Heritage Sight, dontcha know), while I also ...

Valparaiso was the end of our second leg and the beginning of the end of our wonderful journey around South America. We received more than a few e-mails wondering if everything was all right because we have been out of touch for quite some time. Yup, everything is just fine: so fine that our fun-filled days had no time left over to tell you good folks that ...

... into a heavenly-smelling empanada shop (fresh from the oven!) I came back with a couple of cheese and pino (egg, ground beef, olives, onion) empanadas. A big improvement over my earlier, non-existent breakfast! Ben complained about bugs nibbling on him last night. I would've hated that, but would've appreciated Liszett nibbling on me ... oh Liszett ... this hotel is so perfect ... After we finished up the empanadas, it was off to Vina del ...

I don't like staying in ***** houses, or hotels acting like them, whether Hanoi, Tecun Uman, Dakar, or Santiago. It may SOUND cool, but it's usually not. There are no keys. The doors only lock from the inside. Weird people congregate and act self-important. Weird sounds come from weird places. The toilet paper disappears only to re-appear in the trashcan smudged with lipstick. And I can't get a wi-fi signal for ****. I decide to go to ...

... stalls all selling lots of stuff you don't actually need. By now the necessity to eat for me was very strong I was starving and we found a café and tucked into a four course meal. Now I was ready for the city tour heading upwards into the cobbled streets we took in the atmosphere and the views across this vast multicoloured landscape. It was like a rabbit warren as we tried to follow the walking tour mentioned in the guide book. The architecture was impressive ...

... of ancient looking funiculars that slowly haul you up to different levels, saving your legs! We went to the oldest one, Ascensor Concepcion built in 1883 and Ascensor Artilleria, the tallest one at 175 metres. You can see the ground through the floorboards as you go up! During the day, we just looked around the tiny streets. If you ignore the working port the views are superb. The restaurants are fantastic, you even get butter knives with bread!

Regresando por el puerto por toda la costanera unos diez minutos de allí todo se torna un poco más moderno y aquella mezcla de pasado y presente es marcada por el Reloj de Flores un inmenso reloj rodeado de jardines con flores multicolores marca la llegada a Viña del Mar y uno de sus símbolos. Tomando la calle principal se llega a La Quinta de Vergara. Al entrar entre aquellos jardines se respiraba paz, tranquilidad, en sus caminos hermosos poemas ...