Apart Hotel Neruda

... Chile. Did I mention that before? The seasons are reversed here, because of that whole being under the equator thing. CASA DE NERUDA To describe Pablo Neruda´s house, would be to minimize its beauty. The 30 years it took him to build it, were ...

... Chile and even better that it all went so smoothly.  We went with our driver (yes, we`re now big time) to our apart-hotel which just happened to be next to the Sheraton Four-Seasons.  So once the Sheraton boys had pulled all our luggage out for ...

... (that is, if you do drink new world wines). Ivo was excited to be at the summer house of one of his favourite poets, Pablo Neruda. Also I picked the nose of one of the Easter Island Moai and we were excited to see a flower clock ... We also ventured out ...

... fun conversing. He spoke a little English but I am trying to practise my Spanish. We visited one of the 3 Chilean houses of Pablo Neruda, the Nobel prize-winning poet and that was very 'arty' and interesting. Thinking of 'arty' things we came across an ...

... SAO DE BOA QUALIDADE POREM DE CUSTO ALTO..... DEPOIS DO ALMOCO ,FOMOS ATÉ ISLA NEGRA, VISITAR A TERCEIRA CASA DE NERUDA E O SEU TUMULO E O DA CHASCONA, SIMPLESMENTE MARAVILHOSOS,VEJAM AS FOTOS,ESSA CASA FOI CONSTRUIDA EM 1946 E ASSIM ENCERRAMOS NOSSA ...

... 'rias quando aqui se vem....e lá fomos nós pra visitar La Sebastiana e nos encotrarmos com o estado de espírito de Pablo Neruda em sua segunda casa : LA SEBASTIANA  que era o nome de sua segunda esposa..... Em seguida fomosar  visitar o museu ...

... was in a restaurant owned by musician friends of Neruda, and was decorated with lots of photos of them with Neruda. We were the only people in the restaurant, apart from a life-size model of Pablo sitting at the corner table staring at us - weird! Lunch ...

... nbsp;"bench grinder" and "sandblaster".  But seriously, the only things more horrific than my face are these Pablo Neruda translations!  Depending on the translator, some of the English versions can sound beautiful.  But it's ...

... , it's time to bumble our way around town, taking pictures of some of the amazing murals on our way to Pablo Neruda's house. Pablo Neruda would have to be Chile's favourite son. Poet, writer, ambassador...I'm sure he could have played centre half in the ...

... At night we went to a gorgeous quarter close to San Cristobal where we went to La Chascona, one of the houses of Pablo Neruda. Las chascona means the uncombed and was referring to his former mistress's and lateron wife’s wild and curly red hair. ...

... the main reasons we decided to head over to Valparaiso had very little to do with the city itself. We wanted to see Pablo Neruda's home which is situated on a small island near Valparaiso. Fate had not been smiling on us this day, however, because when ...

... the thickly overgrown ruins in 1911. The city was never discovered by the Spanish and therefore remained unscathed. Pablo Neruda, Chile´s celebrated poet wrote "The Heights of Machu Picchu", which was inspired by the city of Machu Picchu: ...

... we think their tactic is. From everywhere in the city there are signs leading you to La Sebastiana, the house of Pablo Neruda. It's a nice little house, built in a neighbourhood on a hillside (as are most neighbourhoods in Valparaiso). Four stories high, ...

... squeezed juice, Hannah was in heaven.  Later on we took a walk with Sam and Alan, the aussies, to one of Pablo Neruda's 3  houses in the hope of a little culture and history with one of Chiles favourite sons. We arrived at the museum only to ...

... were closed - you need to remember that museums close here on Mondays.  I took another tour of this area which was alright apart from the weather.  Apparently, this is a regular occurrence in this area  - the sea mist.  We had lunch ...