So grateful for our flight from Arica to Santiago; we arrived ready to grab some food and go to sleep. As per usual we made friends with out roommates and convinced two of them to come on the Tours for Tips walking tour of Santiago pop culture. It was an incredible tour of the Mercado Central (full of fresh fish... Strangely the market did not smell particularly fishy), Mercado Vega (there were fruits and vegetables that I did not even know existed), and the cemetery (literally a city of graves and mausoleums). We learned all about the division of both the city and the cemetery by class; the poorer part of the city is known as "la chimba". We visited the mausoleum of Jose Manuel Balmaceda, who was the Chilean president from the late 1800s who committed suicide in an Argentinian consulate. He created lots of schools, so students often pray to him to do well in school-related activities. We both sent Jose our own little prayers.
We then enjoyed our first TERREMOTOS at a local bar. All I am going to say is that the name for this beverage makes complete and total sense... After half a glass... Wowzers! So we continued on our merry way, made a metro transfer, and headed to Barrio Brasil, where we planned to get lunch and visit the Museo de las Memorias. Lunch at la Peluqueria Frances was pretty neat: French-ified Chilean food and a museum-like restaurant full of cool antiques. The museum was incredible, so well organized, with so much to learn. Literally, we spent 3 hours in the museum.
Anywho, plans for tomorrow include wine and the fish market. So. Excited.
Buenas noches,
EmBoss
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