After an early visit from the Easter Bunny (who took a rocket ship to Vina del Mar from Toronto to deliver eggs), we packed all our stuff and cleaned up the apartment before heading back to Santiago. This undertaking took the entire day, as you could imagine with us taking turns taking the kids out while the other one packed and cleaned.
It was a beautiful drive back to Santiago and after taking a few wrong turns, we ended up on the scenic route through the heart of the downtown, through Providencia and finally to Parque Araucano, an modern suburb of Santiago. A useless GPS and many obscure one-way streets resulted in it taking us forever to get to the Marriott - even though we could see the giant building everywhere we went! The day ended well when we finally got into our beautiful suite and had a delicious dinner of seafood pasta at a nearby restaurant.
We spent Easter Sunday exploring Santiago, so that I could be comfortable adventuring out on my own with the kids while Jeremy works for the next two weeks. We took the Metro downtown to Central Station and walked along the beautiful boulevard of Bernardo O'Higgins, through a few dodgy areas but past some of the great museums, monument and towers. The architecture downtown is breathtaking - so many gorgeous old buildings with gargoyles and ornate carvings, but also with tons of graffiti.
The Santiago Metro was really clean and efficient - putting the TTC to shame. I've mapped out a bunch of day time adventures to various parts of the city, also figuring out which stations are stroller friendly via the handy website, so I now feel comfortable sightseeing on my own. Stay tuned for whether this materializes as planned! :)
It was a beautiful drive back to Santiago and after taking a few wrong turns, we ended up on the scenic route through the heart of the downtown, through Providencia and finally to Parque Araucano, an modern suburb of Santiago. A useless GPS and many obscure one-way streets resulted in it taking us forever to get to the Marriott - even though we could see the giant building everywhere we went! The day ended well when we finally got into our beautiful suite and had a delicious dinner of seafood pasta at a nearby restaurant.
We spent Easter Sunday exploring Santiago, so that I could be comfortable adventuring out on my own with the kids while Jeremy works for the next two weeks. We took the Metro downtown to Central Station and walked along the beautiful boulevard of Bernardo O'Higgins, through a few dodgy areas but past some of the great museums, monument and towers. The architecture downtown is breathtaking - so many gorgeous old buildings with gargoyles and ornate carvings, but also with tons of graffiti.
The Santiago Metro was really clean and efficient - putting the TTC to shame. I've mapped out a bunch of day time adventures to various parts of the city, also figuring out which stations are stroller friendly via the handy website, so I now feel comfortable sightseeing on my own. Stay tuned for whether this materializes as planned! :)
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