We slept well on the plane. In business class we had full decline beds which makes it much nicer. I was startle awake by the flight attendant serving breakfast just an hour before landing in Santiago.
Since we had a stopover for 6 hours, we decided to take a bus into the city. Great transportation system. First a bus and then a subway which took about 30 minutes. Riding the bus, I was trying not to be the judgmental ugly American. The litter along the roadsides was unreal. I thought, oh dear, this is going to be a horrible city. How wrong I was. Santiago proper was clean and beautiful. The people were generally so well dressed that I felt like a total slob in my T-shirt, trekking pants and hiking boots.
We strolled the city for a few hours viewing the momuments, parks and shops. The architecture is varies with a mix of Spanish colonial and various types of contemporary. When we return in a few weeks, I would like to do an architecture walking tour.
I bugged Jamie to return to the airport early because I didn't want to miss our flight. We got back quickly, breezed through customs and security so we had over an our until we left. We had not choice but to partake in cerveza and empanadas :) It is all part of the experience.
The other life benchmark was that this was the farthest south I had ever been. I know I have bored most of my friends and family with my bucket list ggoal of being within all the latitude and longitude bands.
Since we had a stopover for 6 hours, we decided to take a bus into the city. Great transportation system. First a bus and then a subway which took about 30 minutes. Riding the bus, I was trying not to be the judgmental ugly American. The litter along the roadsides was unreal. I thought, oh dear, this is going to be a horrible city. How wrong I was. Santiago proper was clean and beautiful. The people were generally so well dressed that I felt like a total slob in my T-shirt, trekking pants and hiking boots.
We strolled the city for a few hours viewing the momuments, parks and shops. The architecture is varies with a mix of Spanish colonial and various types of contemporary. When we return in a few weeks, I would like to do an architecture walking tour.
I bugged Jamie to return to the airport early because I didn't want to miss our flight. We got back quickly, breezed through customs and security so we had over an our until we left. We had not choice but to partake in cerveza and empanadas :) It is all part of the experience.
The other life benchmark was that this was the farthest south I had ever been. I know I have bored most of my friends and family with my bucket list ggoal of being within all the latitude and longitude bands.
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