Santiago de Chile

We managed to get a minibus for the hour and a half trip from San Antonio to Santiago de Chile. The cost was $40 USD each which was quite reasonable compared with the offered cruise ship transfer to Santiago. We were dropped off at the AirBnB. 

The AirBnB is about ten minutes walk from the middle of the city. It is small and has all our needs, including high speed internet except it does not have air conditioning. The outside temperature is getting up to 33C. 

The banks in Chile will not allow currency exchanges to those who do not have accounts. However on the first afternoon we were able to find a currency exchange and were able to load up on Chilean pesos with USD and get rid of our Argentine pesos. 

We walked three minutes from our AirBnB for dinner at a local Italian restaurant. Very nice atmosphere. Everyone singing happy birthday in Spanish for a young child in the restaurant. 

Jamie had suggested a Piscosour cocktail should be tried. Much enjoyed and afterwards Hugh and I drank a toast to our sons Mark and Jamie for their inspirational travel and to our wives Penny and Caroline for being our loving anchors back home. We had Calamari, fruits de mer pasta and crème brûlée with a little Chilean Sauvignon  Blanc to accompany it.  A great first evening and nice contrast to the cruise ship dining. 






We were on the fourth floor in the tower on the right of the three towers.


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