Thursday, 25 October 2012

Thursday, exploring Santiago

In Plaza de Armas, Santiago
We enjoyed breakfast at our new hotel - nice cereal, fruit, orange juice, coffee, eggs and toast. Sent some washing to the laundry. We took the metro into the city centre, Plaza de Armas. First we looked round the cathedral, then visited the museum in the central post office. I also managed to get some stamps to go with a few new cards. We tried to visit two museums which were closed - the Precolombian art museum and the Museum of Santiago. Instead we went to Cerro Santa Lucia, a park on a hill. We returned home via the metro. We had an icecream instead of lunch.


At Cerro Santia Lucia


We went for dinner at Le Flaubert along our road. I had delicious onion soup and Richard had pate. Then we chose fish called congrio, which turned out to be conger eel. a Chilean speciality. We had a half bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. I also had yummy chocolate mousse. Very nice meal.