Hola Chicos,
I hope everyone is well.
We are leaving Santiago tomorrow and moving on up to Quito in Ecuador. We are excited about this as we are flying up which only takes around 5-6 hours as opposed to a number of days by bus!
Our time in Santiago has been fun, we have developed a new sport called dog watching, which you can do in any local park (this is very different to dogging). Essentially we watch dog walkers and comment on the species of dog, very interesting.
Whilst in the parks we have also noticed that there is a distinct lack of squirrels, which is different to what we are used to. There are however numerous pigeons who spend a lot of their time watching you eat your lunch! We have also noticed how the pigeons are a constant source of entertainment to the local children, who spend their time chasing and throwing things at them. We did notice one successful toddler however carrying a pigeon (we presumed home for dinner, but are not too sure!)
Other than this we have been doing some very cultured activities in our time away from the parks and hostal. This includes the Modern Art Museum, Museum of Visual Art, the Human Rights Museum and reading our impressively intelligent books in cafes (Kara is reading Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser and I am trying to get through Plato´s The Republic).
Santiago is a very beautiful city, with avenues lined with Palm trees and some really great architecture, comparisons have been made to Madrid in Spain and Havana in Cuba. We have tried to contend with the heat as well, which at times has been around 40 degrees centigrade, but this has been surprisingly bearable, in the shade anyway!
Hostal life has also been a welcome break, as I have managed to watch some Premiership football and Kara has been able to watch some episodes of Friends! We have also been able to realise that taking our time in places really gives us time to get to know a place, which we look forward to doing more of as we travel for longer periods of time in the remaining countries.
Lots of love to everyone and thank you for checking out our blog. Please feel free to make any comments on what you think and if there is anything you would like to hear about in particular (such as my swollen big toe or Kara´s impressive tan or anything else we get up to with our hours of travelling) just let us know!
John and Kara xxxx
ps Again no photos but I hope the read has been entertaining enough!
I hope everyone is well.
We are leaving Santiago tomorrow and moving on up to Quito in Ecuador. We are excited about this as we are flying up which only takes around 5-6 hours as opposed to a number of days by bus!
Our time in Santiago has been fun, we have developed a new sport called dog watching, which you can do in any local park (this is very different to dogging). Essentially we watch dog walkers and comment on the species of dog, very interesting.
Whilst in the parks we have also noticed that there is a distinct lack of squirrels, which is different to what we are used to. There are however numerous pigeons who spend a lot of their time watching you eat your lunch! We have also noticed how the pigeons are a constant source of entertainment to the local children, who spend their time chasing and throwing things at them. We did notice one successful toddler however carrying a pigeon (we presumed home for dinner, but are not too sure!)
Other than this we have been doing some very cultured activities in our time away from the parks and hostal. This includes the Modern Art Museum, Museum of Visual Art, the Human Rights Museum and reading our impressively intelligent books in cafes (Kara is reading Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser and I am trying to get through Plato´s The Republic).
Santiago is a very beautiful city, with avenues lined with Palm trees and some really great architecture, comparisons have been made to Madrid in Spain and Havana in Cuba. We have tried to contend with the heat as well, which at times has been around 40 degrees centigrade, but this has been surprisingly bearable, in the shade anyway!
Hostal life has also been a welcome break, as I have managed to watch some Premiership football and Kara has been able to watch some episodes of Friends! We have also been able to realise that taking our time in places really gives us time to get to know a place, which we look forward to doing more of as we travel for longer periods of time in the remaining countries.
Lots of love to everyone and thank you for checking out our blog. Please feel free to make any comments on what you think and if there is anything you would like to hear about in particular (such as my swollen big toe or Kara´s impressive tan or anything else we get up to with our hours of travelling) just let us know!
John and Kara xxxx
ps Again no photos but I hope the read has been entertaining enough!
Okay, finally caught up on the blog. I wasn't getting the notifications of updates but I think I have solved the problem. The trip sounds so amazing (aside from thieving bastards) and makes me more and more excited for the day that Vasilis and I get down there. Funny enough, Vasilis is reading The Republic right now too! But be forewarned if you bring this up...he LOVES to talk about it. A LOT. :) Miss you guys!! xx
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