Thursday, Jan.12: Last full day in Santiago. We have booked the aforementioned 3 hour walking tour through the inner city area with an English speaking tour guide. A hotel taxi took us to the Mercado Central where we met with Felipe, a young tourism student who gave it his all to explain history and politics of Chile to us while guiding us through the lunch hour crowds of the city. We saw all the historic government buildings, many churches, parks, the university with protesting students singing socialistic songs in front of it, gypsies, the old and modern parts of Santiago, many statues of formidable warriors and leaders and remembrance stones of killed soldiers and anti-government rebels in the pavement. It was very mind boggling and exceedingly hot...
After we bade Felipe farewell we went for a late lunch in the “Calle de London” and then got 2 taxis. The Foos went to the hotel to meet their friend Michelle while Sigi and I drove back to the “Patio Bella Vista” for some copper jewellery and a nice big cool Chilean beer. After that it was the pool for us to relax and cool down.
Friday, Jan. 13th: The hotel granted us an extended stay till 2 pm when we had to leave for the airport. A very comfortable hotel taxi van took us to the airport where we had to kill time for about 4 hours before we were allowed to check in our luggage. The line-up at American Airlines was huge, and they had only 2 counters open. The Foos who traveled with Air Canada were through very fast and had to wait for us. After security checks we decided to have one last dinner together before they left for Toronto an hour and a half before us.
Thus our very impressive adventurous trip came to an end and we arrived almost on time to snow and ice in Vancouver. What a difference to 33 degree hot Santiago. A bit of a shock to the system…
After we bade Felipe farewell we went for a late lunch in the “Calle de London” and then got 2 taxis. The Foos went to the hotel to meet their friend Michelle while Sigi and I drove back to the “Patio Bella Vista” for some copper jewellery and a nice big cool Chilean beer. After that it was the pool for us to relax and cool down.
Friday, Jan. 13th: The hotel granted us an extended stay till 2 pm when we had to leave for the airport. A very comfortable hotel taxi van took us to the airport where we had to kill time for about 4 hours before we were allowed to check in our luggage. The line-up at American Airlines was huge, and they had only 2 counters open. The Foos who traveled with Air Canada were through very fast and had to wait for us. After security checks we decided to have one last dinner together before they left for Toronto an hour and a half before us.
Thus our very impressive adventurous trip came to an end and we arrived almost on time to snow and ice in Vancouver. What a difference to 33 degree hot Santiago. A bit of a shock to the system…
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