Made it to Chile around 9am yesterday morning after about 17 hours of traveling. Flying over the Andes and watching the sky turn red as the sun came over the horizon was absolutely beautiful. Changed out of my plane clothes and donned my new winter apparel that was purchased at a deep discount in summertime Boston. Got to our apartment and am rooming with my friend Dan from the YMCA three years ago, and two girls, one of which is best friends with Kristen’s roommate in China.
Hung out in our apartment for a while then left to go to the supermarket for some snack foods for our pad. Chile is the only other country I’ve been to that gives out free samples of the foods in the store… pretty awesome. Picked up some Chilean wine (3 bottles for $6 US) then came home and made an amazing breakfast sandwich with ham, egg, cheese, avocado, and salsa on a baguette and a pitcher of sangria. Went out to dinner with the group to and then wowed some Chileans with a lovely duet of Summer Nights with a Columbian girl… they then made us sing about half a dozen Michael Jackson songs, before I floored them with my rendition of Sweet Child of Mine. Epic. Kept the party going for a while with some tequila in non-regulation shot glasses (read; huge glasses) before moving onto a bar called PubLicity, an Irish pub, then back to our place for some sleep.
This morning fell back asleep after breakfast in bed (complimentary room service breakfasts daily) and strolled to our meeting place about 25 minutes late… which is acceptable in Latin countries… except this time. Almost missed the tour of Pablo Neruda’s (Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile) house that was actually really awesome and quirky. Kind of what I’d like my house to look like some day. Ate Filet Mignon for lunch with some great wine, then siesta at the apartment before we go out tonight. This place is beautiful, weather is like early fall in Boston, leaves are almost all gone and those that remain are bright orange and red. We’re surrounded by the Andes Mountains, and this city feels like it could be Denver if Denver were a fraction of the size, and closer to the Rockies.
Cerveza tiempo
2 comments:
that picture is absolutely gorgeous josh! sangria for breakfast sounds tasttttte and i am glad to hear that you have not stopped singing since we've parted. :) i want more details about neruda's house, or atleast a picture if you have one. don't be lame, take LOTS of pictures while you are traveling around chile! love you
Wow honey,...couldnt yu do the moon walk for them?
Sounds like an awesome place!
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