At the zoo - didn't have time to go in. There was a volcano erupting south of Santiago while we were here, but it didn't affect us, other than reports of ash.
Important: Order coffee as "Cafe cortado doble" (sp?) and you'll get some good strong stuff. We (Casey and I) hiked around town and had some serious seafood soup for dinner at a small cafe and didn't get sick. We hiked up Cerro Santa Lucia (a big hill) in the center of town.
At the top of Cerro Santa Lucia is a plaque in commemorating Charles Darwin’s visit to Santiago. It reads:
"Una inagotable fuente de placer es escalar el CerroSanta Lucia, una pequeña colina rocosa que selevanta en el centro de la ciudad. Desde allí la vistaes verdaderamente impresionante y única."
At the top of Cerro Santa Lucia is a plaque in commemorating Charles Darwin’s visit to Santiago. It reads:
"Una inagotable fuente de placer es escalar el CerroSanta Lucia, una pequeña colina rocosa que selevanta en el centro de la ciudad. Desde allí la vistaes verdaderamente impresionante y única."
Which translates somewhat dissappointingly to:
"An inexhaustible source of pleasure is to climb Cerro Santa Lucia, a little, rocky hill that arises in the center of the city. From there the view truly is impressive and unique "
(I was hoping for something a little more interesting than, "this is a nice hill")
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This is a fun city with strong European roots and AWESOME steaks. I want to go back. I took a cab to the north of the city to the Ruiz Diaz saddle factory and bought Morgan a new Pessoa Rodrigo Pony saddle with an X-Change system adjustable tree. It was a good deal and I got to meet the owner of the largest saddle factory in the world - Mr. Pedro Ruiz Diaz.
The venue for the show was fantastic - the Faena Universe hotel, probably the nicest hotel I have ever seen. We ate lunch with a herd of unicorns.
Casey and I went on a bus tour that took us to the Casa Rosada, or the "Pink House" (the presidential palace). Here you see me by the fence in "May Square" that held protestors back while they were rioting against the government in 2001 (President De la Rúa resigned).
Argentina has a long history of social revolution and activism, the best known being Evita, or Eva Peron, whose tomb we saw during the tour.
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