Santiago has large tree lined avenues, modern buildings, an efficient metro and, uuh... music in the streets. It was great seeing my birthplace for practically the first time, even though I've been told that its changed a lot. In fact in front of my parents´old apartment is the modest looking Santiago Ritz-Carlton. We found a groovy hostel in a huge old house for the first night, and spent the whole afternoon laying in Barrio Brésil's park, eating ice cream and reading in the grass.
The next day we added a 5th person to our travelling circus in the name of Nadja Jing. Click here for her blog. Yes, we now have 4 blogs for 5 people. That means you get to read 4 renditions of the exact same events 4 different times. And if anyone manages to do that and stay awake they get a free smoking monkey.
Now as I was saying, we were lazy for most of our Santiago stay, finding a great hotel with TV (we're TV deprived, ok.) and a garden. We spent most days waking up late and wondering the various parts of the city in search for tents and parks to lay in.
One day we randomely saw a soccer game after power-walking through most of the city looking for Moncia (who was in a meeting). We got to watch Chile vs Peru in the completely red national stadium surrounded by snow capped Andean peaks. Pretty cool. Chile beat a lethargic Peru 2-0 and we were satisfied.
Some time after (ok, so I lose track of days... you know time doesn't really exist anyways) the rest of the circus went to Valparaiso while I stayed back to track down some of my parents' old friends. I was able to meet them all and it was thorroughly enjoyable seeing them and hearing about my short childhood spent in Santiago.
Oh yea, and some time before we decided to be rebels and Tattoo and pierce ourselves. So SM got a lotus on her back, Nadja got a nose piercing, and I got a pokemon sticker.
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