We (myself, Mariel, and our French friend, Christof) started off by waking up and heading to a winery, Viña Cousiña Macul, founded in 1868 is one of the oldest wineries in Chile. We were given a glass (hopefully I can bring it back without breaking it) for the tasting following a tour of the winery. Our guide, Alfonso, also happened to be a sommelier, Buenos Aires-trained chef, and quite easy on the eyes... A lovely combination. He made food suggestions with each wine... Apparently the vineyard's Syrah would go exquisitely with lamb, so we must all keep that in mind. On our walk back to the subway, a mother-son duo pulled over and asked us if we were headed to the metro and offered us a ride. We accepted, as this is a common and quite safe practice in Chile. The mother blasted Elvis music and we all sang along, which was positively hilarious!
Our afternoon plan consisted of finding lunch (headed to the fish market, where I had razor clams with Parmesan cheese yum!) and purchasing dinner. Christof chose and incredible piece of fresh salmon from this morning and while we waited for the fishmonger to de-scale it, the other man at the counter explained to me in Spanish how to tell real Ray Bans from fake even if the fake has all the correct marking. Learning something new every day! We then purchased some of avocado, onions, cucumber, and fruit for our feast. Fast forward to our dinner: holy moly... It was absolutely delicious! Salmon was perfectly cooked and positively melted in your mouth, the avocado was pertly creamy, and Christof's ceviche-making experiment turned out beautifully! I definitely wanted to try to make ceviche at home; it's so easy.
Fast backwards before dinner: down the street from our hostel one of the top 25 ice cream shops in the world is currently located, offering flavors such as raspberry mint, green tea mango, and spicy chocolate. I chose chocolate with pepper and banana, which was absolutely delicious, although I'm not sure exactly what top 25 ice cream should taste like so I cannot judge that. We were pretty full so wed decided to cross the river to th Bellavista neighborhood, where we discovered a little artesian market (I finally bought a scarf, YAY!) and droves of outdoor restaurants and bars. We decided we had to return the following evening, as the weather for the rest of the time we are in Santiago is supposed to be spectacular.
Tomorrow is free-Museo Sunday so we are headed to get some Santiago art-culture and wander the weekend flea markets. Stoked!
Besitos,
EmBoss
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