Happy New Years!

Happy 2009! We spent new years at Viña. The 30 minute fireworks show by the beach was an amazing sight to see! Happy New Years to all my family and friends! Miss you lots <3

Viña del Mar

Dec 6-8:  It was another long weekend which meant — beach time!  Saturday I had to work until 2 pm so we stayed in Santiago to do some Christmas shopping and hang out with Pablo’s friends at a restobar called Ebano: Cocino Soul (a pretty classy place with delicious sandwiches and fresh fruit juices, for the non-alcoholic drinkers).  Sunday morning we departed for Viña del Mar, a modern beach city located on the coast of the Pacific ocean.  Viña is bigger than Algorrobo and smaller than Santiago, and it’s my favourite place to visit thus far.  With it’s many fancy little restaurants, souvenir shops, puppet shows, street entertainment, 2-4 person bikes, new apartments, and a beautiful beach, it is no wonder that Viña is such a popular tourist attraction (and raved about in my Chile travel guide).  Although foreigners are easily spotted wherever you go, the city is still small enough for visitors to enjoy a peaceful and restful weekend.  Some highlights:  a new apartment with a palm tree growing in the middle of it, churros!, huge waves, people swimming in the fountain, climbing a giant tree, sunset at the beach, “the giant pineapple”.