O'Higgins Vina del Mar

... 6 utensils. I think the three of us could have had enough silverware off of just one place setting! I ordered corvina, Chilean sea bass, which was disappointing. It's not a flavorful fish and I don't know what all the hype is about. It may be that I'm a redneck, but catfish tastes just as good to me! Chilean salmon is much better.


Tomorrow I leave for Santiago. I will miss the beautiful ocean views here but will miss the company more.

... u kafic trazili su nas osobnu pa je lik moju gledao nekih 5 minuta jer mu je bilo cudno da je netko iz hrvatske u njihovom gradu :D poslije tog kafica, isli smo jesti - hot dog s kecapom, senfom i AVOKADOM za 11kn! cudno cudno, ali vjerujem da nije lose :)
Na ulici sam primjetila jako puno pasa lutalica (pasa - mnozina od pas?!). kazu da je u valparaisu (grad koji se nalazi odmah pokraj vina del mar) jos gore sto se toga tice ...

... and had been working there for 50 years! He was a very interesting man, who had quite the story to tell. When I asked about his feelings towards the recent installation of the Jumbo down the street (like our Wal-Mart), he said that it is hurting his business. He mentioned that in today's world, everyone wants to use a card (credit card, debit card, bonus reward cards). It's difficult for him and the other vendors to retain the same business as before ...

... with an incredible view overlooking the port. Then we wandered around town, photographing all the architecture and old buildings and great views we could find. At one point, I was a bit too eager to take a photo, and I tripped with my camera in hand. I really thought it was irreparably broken at that point, and I was pretty upset, seeing as how we would be getting back to Santiago too late to do anything about it before heading south to ...

... and Chilean rock bands drinking wine out of emptied melons, and a streetside barbeque cooking what was at least half a cow, filled our evenings quite well, whilst slow wanderings of gorgeous streets carved into the hillside and buildings covered with amazingly detailed and beautiful street art, in addition to lazy days on the beach made up the daylight hours. Friends were made, and good ...

... t any good. Anyway, though distracted, I still found the concert enjoyable - it was a nice way to end our time on the coast. Vina is a nice-looking town with tons of shopping, but not very authentic - I prefer Valpo, warts and all. BH&M hopped in a taxi to go back to Valpo, and I walked to the guest house. The place isn't the nicest, but that could be improved if they hired a hottie receptionist! Maybe Liszett could submit a resume?

... being "La Playa", and she pointed out to a spot on the map where she remembered Ben having made an asterisk. It wasn't much to go off of, but it was more than I knew before, so I was off to go find them. Even on the very slim chance that I did find the restaurant, I figured I wouldn't catch them anyway, since the note made no mention of what time they would be there. The note also mentioned watching the fireworks from the port, so I knew ...

... couldn't document them all...but this was appropriate... A nice vantage point... rj rita We could have taken 100 of these pictures....every single dog was totally chill in this town.  A good indication that life is good in Valparaiso. Unlike Limans, Valparaisians do not bolt down their name plates ...

... where he hd recommended a supposedly great seafood restaurant. Found it and there standing outside hawking for passerbyers to enter for lunch was a fantastic looking old guy with curly black dyed hair and wearing a white suit and shoes - looking just like a gangster out of a 40's movie! hee While we were eating the "mobster guy" came in and tuned on the kareoke machine and proceeed to sing at each table. Of course he sang me and ...

... I started off with a pisco sour and an empty stomach and again, I was wasted. Jim calls me the cheap drunk. This morning we got to know our waiter (who's name is Patrick) and he took great interest in where we were from, what we did and who we were. He really liked talking with us; so much so that Jim was getting behind on his work as today he has to run invoices. We expressed that we'd like to stay somewhere else since the bed was ...