Valparaiso, Chile
Our last day in Valparaiso started with another delicious gluten free breakfast! The hostel was nice enough to store our bags while we wondered around town before catching the bus to Santiago. We went down to the port again, looking for the bus terminal to buy our tickets to Santiago, only to find out that it was quite far away. It was going to be a 25 minute walk both directions, so we decided to find the information desk to see if they had another alternative. The guy at the information desk told us a few bus routes that we could take for only 40 cents a person, and that we didn't need to worry about buying bus tickets in advance.
There was a craft brewery that we had wanted to try yesterday, but were too tired from all the walking to actually go, so we wanted to try it for lunch today. We checked on yelp and it said they opened at 1pm which worked perfect for us. We arrived to the brewery and it was verrrry much closed. No brewery for us. Having to make a quick change of plans, we continued to wander around checking out restaurants and the city. I was starting to get hungry when we stumbled upon a farmer's market. Jenny got a banana milk to tide her over. It was delicious! Banana, milk, sugar...can't go wrong! Unfortunately, they didn't have any mango milk for me, so Jenny just shared hers. We ended up eating at an old Elvis themed diner, which only had 1 set menu of the day. We thought we ordered only the entree, but ended up ordering the 3 course meal...language barriers! Unfortunately the 3 course meal consisted of a salad that we were too nervous to eat and mediocre jello. Luckily the chicken and rice were tasty. One of the nicer things about Chile is that most places take credit card so we haven’t had to take out much cash, which has saved us a ton in ATM fees.
After lunch, we hopped on the local bus instead of taking an uber, which ended up being a huge mistake. It was tiny! We couldn’t fit, and I was just bumping into everyone. Jenny sat next to an older guy who told us he lived in LA and loved the backpacker’s life. Thank goodness, we sat next to him or else we would have never known to get off at the right stop for the bus terminal. Once we got to the bus terminal we bought our bus tickets, and were off to Santiago. Luckily I have a lot of family in Santiago, so we have lots of people helping us out. Once we got to Santiago, we waited for Karen to pick us up. I told her we were the gringos with big backpacks, and she found us no problem. We hopped in the car with Ricardo (Karen’s dad) and we were off to Cata’s house. We hung out for a bit, ate a quick dinner, got the tour of the house, and then headed to bed. It felt great to just be able to relax, unpack and have our own space in Cata’s house (we had the whole top floor bedroom to ourselves).
*****
Lodging: Family
Transportation: Condor Bus
Restaurants: Likuram Cafe, Mi Casa Valparaiso
There was a craft brewery that we had wanted to try yesterday, but were too tired from all the walking to actually go, so we wanted to try it for lunch today. We checked on yelp and it said they opened at 1pm which worked perfect for us. We arrived to the brewery and it was verrrry much closed. No brewery for us. Having to make a quick change of plans, we continued to wander around checking out restaurants and the city. I was starting to get hungry when we stumbled upon a farmer's market. Jenny got a banana milk to tide her over. It was delicious! Banana, milk, sugar...can't go wrong! Unfortunately, they didn't have any mango milk for me, so Jenny just shared hers. We ended up eating at an old Elvis themed diner, which only had 1 set menu of the day. We thought we ordered only the entree, but ended up ordering the 3 course meal...language barriers! Unfortunately the 3 course meal consisted of a salad that we were too nervous to eat and mediocre jello. Luckily the chicken and rice were tasty. One of the nicer things about Chile is that most places take credit card so we haven’t had to take out much cash, which has saved us a ton in ATM fees.
After lunch, we hopped on the local bus instead of taking an uber, which ended up being a huge mistake. It was tiny! We couldn’t fit, and I was just bumping into everyone. Jenny sat next to an older guy who told us he lived in LA and loved the backpacker’s life. Thank goodness, we sat next to him or else we would have never known to get off at the right stop for the bus terminal. Once we got to the bus terminal we bought our bus tickets, and were off to Santiago. Luckily I have a lot of family in Santiago, so we have lots of people helping us out. Once we got to Santiago, we waited for Karen to pick us up. I told her we were the gringos with big backpacks, and she found us no problem. We hopped in the car with Ricardo (Karen’s dad) and we were off to Cata’s house. We hung out for a bit, ate a quick dinner, got the tour of the house, and then headed to bed. It felt great to just be able to relax, unpack and have our own space in Cata’s house (we had the whole top floor bedroom to ourselves).
*****
Lodging: Family
Transportation: Condor Bus
Restaurants: Likuram Cafe, Mi Casa Valparaiso
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