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This is skipping an evening, about Peruvian food and coffee strip clubs, because I'm too lazy to collect my notes just now.
Typically 33 out there. And who knows what in my apartment, which does not have air conditioning.
Yesterday finally went to Cerro Santa Lucia, a park right near me. It's mostly a steep hill with terraces and some private building, capped by an old castle with a great view. Scary old stone staircases, especiallyc onsidering that they originally probably didn't have railings...
The view of the city and surrounding mountains also included a building-top swimming pool nearby and below us. A couple of standard scene-viewing telescopes were at the top, 100 pesos per whatever time; the one that one could point that the pool had had the label 'chica' added to it. For the record, I did not take advantage.
Walked through the theater district again, ate at Cafe Geometrico, which advertised Chilean food. Ordered salmon with shimp (4 tiny) and vegetables (including shallots glazed in honey) and a strong olive sauce, plus milk with bananas, which apparently had added sugar. I'd think bananas pureed into milk would be sweet enough. Then again, I'd think that of orange juice. (Though the latter might be about diluting and stretching the orange juice, rather than being sweeter.) Table bread came with pebre, not as good (spicy) as the stuff in La Serena, and ají verde, avocado cilantro pepper garlic. I could only taste the avocado, and maybe the cilantro.
Checked out a bookstore, marveled at the high prices. $16 for a tiny paperback, $40 for a movie on DVD. $5 for a slightly better map -- still ignores the west and south of Santiago, but at least doesn't elide lots of streets.
Passed some band playing, liked it, bought a CD for 3 mil.
Bought a wire butterfly statue for 4. Now to transport it. May need a third bag...
A street vendor was selling soy burgers.
This is all in a nighttime walkway in the district.
Went to Bellavista, saw a big theatre, ran into where the nightlife is. Restaurants and nightclubs and such.
Netbook is getting fussy about charging, I need to squeeze part of the power cord, which I guess has gotten bent out of shape. Seems workable, but at some point I may discover I can't recharge and need to conserve the battery for emergency use. Smartphone allows e-mail and LJ, but not DW posting. Well, not app-enabled DW posting.
Typically 33 out there. And who knows what in my apartment, which does not have air conditioning.
Yesterday finally went to Cerro Santa Lucia, a park right near me. It's mostly a steep hill with terraces and some private building, capped by an old castle with a great view. Scary old stone staircases, especiallyc onsidering that they originally probably didn't have railings...
The view of the city and surrounding mountains also included a building-top swimming pool nearby and below us. A couple of standard scene-viewing telescopes were at the top, 100 pesos per whatever time; the one that one could point that the pool had had the label 'chica' added to it. For the record, I did not take advantage.
Walked through the theater district again, ate at Cafe Geometrico, which advertised Chilean food. Ordered salmon with shimp (4 tiny) and vegetables (including shallots glazed in honey) and a strong olive sauce, plus milk with bananas, which apparently had added sugar. I'd think bananas pureed into milk would be sweet enough. Then again, I'd think that of orange juice. (Though the latter might be about diluting and stretching the orange juice, rather than being sweeter.) Table bread came with pebre, not as good (spicy) as the stuff in La Serena, and ají verde, avocado cilantro pepper garlic. I could only taste the avocado, and maybe the cilantro.
Checked out a bookstore, marveled at the high prices. $16 for a tiny paperback, $40 for a movie on DVD. $5 for a slightly better map -- still ignores the west and south of Santiago, but at least doesn't elide lots of streets.
Passed some band playing, liked it, bought a CD for 3 mil.
Bought a wire butterfly statue for 4. Now to transport it. May need a third bag...
A street vendor was selling soy burgers.
This is all in a nighttime walkway in the district.
Went to Bellavista, saw a big theatre, ran into where the nightlife is. Restaurants and nightclubs and such.
Netbook is getting fussy about charging, I need to squeeze part of the power cord, which I guess has gotten bent out of shape. Seems workable, but at some point I may discover I can't recharge and need to conserve the battery for emergency use. Smartphone allows e-mail and LJ, but not DW posting. Well, not app-enabled DW posting.