At breakfast this morning we saw the French family that we talked to when we were in Puerto Varas on February 22. They are staying at the same hotel. Small world!
We started our day by walking to the fish market. Around the outer edge of the market there were many vendors selling fresh fish, and there was a large restaurant in the middle. Here are pictures of the fish market.
There were vendors selling fruits, vegetables, and flowers near by.
We continued walking around town. Here are some pictures of government buildings and the Plaza de Armas.
We stopped for coffee and briefly talked to our waiter who had recently migrated from Venezuela. As we continued our walk we came across couple of street performers dancing.
While we were walking a woman told Rick that he needed to carry his camera tightly because there were many thieves. We also saw a lot of homeless people. We saw one guy protesting with a sign outside of the Chilean Supreme Court. It felt like there was a far amount of social strife.
Before lunch we went to Cerro Santa Lucía, a hill that was transformed into a park. Here are pictures
We went to the Barrio Lastarria for lunch. Barrio Lastarria is a funky little neighborhood with lots of cool restaurants. We talked to the hostess whose English was very good. She was from Venezuela and had recently moved to Santiago with her boyfriend. They were both working and sending money home because things are really bad in Venezuela. We gave her our email and told her to come visit us.
After lunch we went back to the room and I worked on the blog.
That evening we went back to Barrio Lastarria for dinner. We had a lovely dinner at a rooftop restaurant. There are a lot of street vendors in Barrio Lastarria, particularly in the evening. It feels like people come out in the evening and sell stuff on the street to supplement their day job income. Some of the stuff looks the person’s old stuff.
