Hotel Windsor Suite Santiago

... are overweight and a good percentage of the kids are chubby too, Santiago has a serious problem with obesity..Weird !!<br>The city of Santiago has the feel of a Spanish city, the buildings are mostly Spanish colonial style, you could be in Valencia.<br>Walked up to the Plaza de Armas - the army plaza or square - every city or town I have been to in Sth America has a Plaza de Armas, usually right in the centre ...

... looking straight out at the mountains. It has antiquities and furtiture from various parts of the globe, 3 bars, and is just very very cool in a 1960´s kind of way. After we finished there it was nearly sunset so we headed up the finicular railway to the summit where a statue of the Virgin Mary stands arms outstretched. This time we had better luck than in Rio with Christ as it was a spectaclar pink sutset. Many more pictures to follow.<br><br>We have now moved on from Santiago 4 ...

... was a collection of frames containing all the words from a Camus book arranged alphabetically. Why would anyone want to take the time to do that?!! <br><br>I had no luck in making it to the rumored antiques market near the Quinta Normal. I did find a produce street market but not like I haven't seen one of those before. People told me that there were jugglers outside the Bellas Artes museum but no luck ...

... to return to mainland South America, and then fly straight over the top of Easter Island to get to Australia &#8211; an extra 10 hours of flying to get to the same destination - Thanks BA! We decided to break the flight up with a 3 day stop over. <br><br>After basking in the 30C temperatures of a sub-tropical South Pacific Island, going back to the mainland South America was quite a shock. Santiago is about half way down South America ...

... of each other´s trips. I am interested to hear how they will spend their time, might get some tips for the next trip to South America. (Safe journey guys!) The metro had closed so I walked home, it was quite pleasant to walk off the big meal and I reached the front gate just as it started spitting. It is raining properly today, I hope it doen´t last long as I need to ...

... in a really bad food fight that got ugly. They are covered in paint and food from head to toe and they walk around in small groups all over Santiago. I don`t know what they call themselves but it is very odd! I really hope that this trend doesn`t get to the United States! I added one photo that I took- it is blurry but it is the best one that I have of one of the kids. Ok... off to bed!

... to the Centro area and walked up to the Presidential Palace to take cheesy pictures with the guards and see all the statues of past presidents since Chile's democratic era began. We headed to the Plaza d'Armes, which is much like our Place d'Armes, featuring a large ornate cathedral dating back to the 16th century as well as a large fountain - complete with children swimming in it. We got ice cream and tried a local specialty from a ...

... time to do ¨homework¨, finish my blog, upload photos, get my replacement bank card and get my shoes fixed because I couldn't find a single nice pair in the shops. Its a city that I think would be nice for living in, having a nice job and a nice apartment, with a nice group of friends going for dinner in nice restaurants. Skiing in winter and heading up the cost in summer. But not so great for a tourist from Sunday to Wednesday... and yes, tourists and ¨travelers¨ are the same thing!

... mountains do exist.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago,_ Chile As we arrived late on Friday night we only really explored the city yesterday, and it is a very chilled out place, and not there just to cater for the tourists ...... in fact you hardly see any souvenir shops. Although for some strange reason, every 3rd shop is a pharmacist's, so either the people of Santiago are really ill, or it is a city full of hyper condriacts ...

... t work! This is Spain, where many don´t speak English! My note will have to say "Para un buen rato, llame ..." Back to the hotel, where I met up with B H&amp;M for dinner. The hotel called us a taxi, and we were off to Nuñoa for dinner at Guris Los Leones, a Brazilian BBQ restaurant. I knew we´d be eating a lot of BBQ´d meats soon enough in Argentina, but figured it´d still be nice to kick off the trip with some unlimited bloody beef! Plus ...