Hola! So I´ve already learned one important lesson de Santiago... don´t bring traveller´s checks!! I didn´t bring any when I went to Europa but since I have to pay a 3% fee everytime I withdrawal money or use my credit card, I brought some traveller´s checks.... only problem is nobody accepts them!! I had to walk really far with my packs to a place that would trade me for Chilean pesos and intead of the usual 500 pesos/dollar, they gave me 470/dollar... so I´m now losing 6% instead of 3% !! haha que triste....
I walked around the downtown area today. Although it´s a big city, they do a good job of having trees all over the place and nice little parks. Here's a few of the pictures I took as I explored and checked out the city.... now admittedly there are sectors of the city with more buildings and less trees, I just liked the tree filled areas and took pictures of those areas..... anyways here we go.....
I walked around the downtown area today. Although it´s a big city, they do a good job of having trees all over the place and nice little parks. Here's a few of the pictures I took as I explored and checked out the city.... now admittedly there are sectors of the city with more buildings and less trees, I just liked the tree filled areas and took pictures of those areas..... anyways here we go.....
On Augutinas walking towards Santa Lucia Hill:
I hadn't seen this before and liked the side of this building :
I headed up to the downtown area where there are a bunch of bridges that cross the Mapocho River which runs through Santiago:
Heading back south through the downtown:
El otro lado de Santa Lucia Hill, una pequena calle con muchos arboles!
y despues de un dia de caminar, necesitaba un asiento y una cerveza.... all the necessary ingredients for an aspiring teacher are present here:
ok I hope you liked my little tour.... chau!!
I love that building with the tiles on the side! very cool :)
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