After our
visit to the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, we walked towards La
Peluqueria Francesa for lunch. This was another recommendation from
Kyle. The food was amazing! We both had a steak in a carmenere wine sauce. The restaurant is also an antique shop, I believe that many items are for sale. The place mats have a map of the historic neighborhood where the restaurant is located. We didn't have enough time to walk around the neighborhood. We spent too long in the museum and we wanted to go to La Moneda before it got dark that day. There is an old fashion barber shop connected to the restaurant. Andre went in for a shave. He had never had one before and I was happy to watch him being pampered.
We took the subway towards la Plaza de Armas. I used my point and shoot camera for the pictures below. I love my DSLR, but getting it in and out of the bag is a pain.
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| Plaza de Armas |
We were happy to see the downtown after visiting the
Museum in the morning since we had learned so much about Chile's history. I was thinking about the video of the attack showing La Moneda being bombed and what it must have been like. The
Salvador Allende statue outside the building made me sad. Allende died the day of the
Coup d'etat inside La Moneda.
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| Salvador Allende |
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| La Moneda, Presidential House |
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| La Moneda |
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| Another cute Chilean street dog |
After our last full day in Santiago we went back to our hotel. As we walked towards the hotel, the sky was pink. Since we had a long flight the next day, we decided to go to bed early. Our trip to South America was amazing. We were sad to come home but at the same time we needed to come home. Just a week before this trip, we found out that we are going to be parents. The trip was a little difficult for me since my energy levels were very low and the typical pregnancy symptoms were rough. I am glad that we took this trip right before our life changes 100 percent. Next time (and there will be a next time) maybe I can actually drink a lot of wine and bring a dog back with me.
WOOHOO! The announcement! Felicitaciones, otra vez :) It looks like you guys had a blast on this trip. Next time - and there will be a next time - invite us, okay? :)
ReplyDeleteYes!!! I like that!! I'm happy to see u with the travel bug! :) next time we are going south! To the "end of the world". Jk but we do want to see the Patagonia and the glaciers. Easter island is also on the list :)
DeleteI was so confused by that first building picture...I was sitting here thinking "oh god, that's not La Moneda, someone told them that was La Moneda." But then I scrolled down :) So glad you could come to visit!
ReplyDeletehahaha no but I forgot the name of the buildings that we saw before la moneda! :-)
DeleteThese are really amazing photos of the place. I really appreciate the way you exerted effort for this.
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Hi Diane. Thank you! I'm glad that you liked what I wrote about my trip. I loved Chile and I would love to see more of that amazing Country.
DeleteI loved this post! I can't wait to return to Chile and see more myself. Love the cute streets dogs!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! lets go back!! I Want to go to the south of chile next time.
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