Hotel Montecarlo Santiago

... 'ckfahrt ist angenehm billig, und schon gegen 11:00 sind wir per TurBus unterwegs in die Innenstadt. Per Metro geht's ins Hotel Montecarlo. Den restlichen Vormittag ruhen wir aus: ein kleiner Spaziergang über den Cerro Santa Lucia, ein von einem Park ...

... since Jesus' 'rents have 2 people been so ecstatic to find lodging as Tara and I were, arriving a day early at our Santiago hotel and finding it did indeed have availability.  The hotel was a bit dingy, but it definitely had character--curved ...

... to the bus terminal, purchased our tickets to Viņa del Mar and were on our way for the 1.5 hour journey. Not far out of Santiago we lost the sunshine. It was rather cool and cloudy at this beech resort when we checked into the Monte Carlo ...

... palatable first glimpse by any means.  Tara was a zombie from lack of sleep but I managed to get us a cab to our hotel, the Hotel Montecarlo, which we had reservations for the next night.  We had assumed we wouldn't need a hotel this night as we ...

... to shake, but I eventually recovered some 12 hours later.  I only wish I was exaggerating. The nice people at the Hotel Montecarlo in Santiago were nice enough to let me stay a little later than usual for checkout time while I got my act together ...