Hotel de Vina Vina del Mar

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Tonight, Kaye, Rosemarie, and I had a special dinner at Cap Ducal, a ship-shaped restaurant protruding into the Pacific. Today is the one year anniversary of last summer's breakup with my ex-boyfriend. I wanted to celebrate having survived the first year after my first breakup. I have indeed survived, but rather than making me ...

... izgubili smisao za romantiku

U subotu smo isli van - Estebanova sestra Beatrice, njena prijateljica i ja. Prvo smo bile na nekom rodendanu gdje nismo znale nikog zivog pa smo pobjegle kod njihovih prijatelja koji govore njemacki (zivjeli u Frankfurtu 12 godina). Nakon par casa pisco-a s colom (rakije od grozda koja navodno nije cileanska nego peruanska) isli smo van. Shvatila sam da se ne stavlja se bez razloga prvo led u ...

... Mauricio. They kept telling me that he's a hero in Chile. When I asked to explain why, they showed me a 10.000 billete (diez mil pesos). Mauricio looks very very much like the guy on the money!!! hahaha! That is why they call him a hero! Together we ate fish sticks in the shape of a fish (hehe), fried potatoes, rice, and salad. It was very good as usual. Then, I watched Mauricio and Oscar play Mario Tennis. Margarita had picked up this new game for the Wii ...

Today, Scott, Chris and I decided to take a daytrip to the coastal towns of Vina del Mar and Valparaiso. Famous for being picturesque as well as working port towns, the cities are about a two-hour bus ride from Santiago. Thanks to excellent directions from Alma, we had no problem catching the subway to the bus station and getting the bus out there. We opted to take a tour, since the sights are quite spread out and not easily negotiable on foot, and we ...

Ah Valparaiso... second town in and i´ve already managed to find a place that captured my heart, if only for a few days! Despite using large amounts of both time and energy to even find the bus station in Santiago, and then getting a helping hand to buy tickets, we finally made it out of Santiago, and into the coastal town of Valparaiso, or Valpro for short. It would appear the ongoing theme of this ...

... beach - it was too hot, so we didn't stick around long, as my skin needed no more sizzling. I went back to the guest house to officially check in and get a key, then we wandered down the pedestrian zone to Plaza Vergara, to meet the girls. We wanted to attend a classical concert tonight, so our only option for dinner was fast food. The pineapple juice was great, but the meal was garbage. The concert was taking place at the Vergara Quinta ...

... of the massive amounts of people heading here, Brent was trapped 5.5 hours on the bus! He had fallen asleep almost immediately after boarding the bus, and almost two hours later he awoke, to find that they had only made it to the outer suburbs of Santiago. And this was all without A/C!!! "I need a drink!" was all he said when I asked how he was doing! Apparently it was chaos at the bus station, with a few buses departing for Valpo every few minutes ...

... drink last night as I woke up feeling really weak. We bought some breakfast and then went out into town center again. Seems like most of the shops were closed because of the election, in fact, there were not alcohol for sale yesterday ...

... steps but no roads seperating the properties. The Alecon hostel is in a great position on the top of Cerro Alegre and 2 minutes from one of the 100plus year old funculars. - we would never have found the place ourselves. Its a small hostel with only 4 rooms and we were the only ones staying thre. Alberto is a spanish Valapraisian and a very ¨proud¨one... sigh... because this resulted in him sitting us down on our arrival and ...

... it easy for a bit. As the sunset gloriously I took the my constitutional around the city, walking up the boardwalk and getting my first feel for Viņa. The hotel was nice--for about $70 USD a night I got a good-sized room with a MASSIVE King-size bed. The bathroom was big and comfortable, nicely kept and clean. I even had cable TV showing odd Spanish versions of Canadian cable channels like MuchMusic and Bravo. It was odd but comforting. That night for ...