Today we move on from Mendoza (probably just as well for our
livers…) and say our final farewell to Argentina.
Back to Chile for our next
stop in Valparaiso. This time no buses !
We flew from Mendoza for a flight with a stunning view of the Andes and
landed back in Santiago airport for a 2 hour transfer through the vineyards of
Chile to the port of Valparaiso the second largest city in Chile.
Valparaiso has a upper and lower part. The lower part is
flat and is home to the Port, the naval headquarters for Chile and the main
local (porteno) shopping street. The upper part is a series of 45 hills
connected to the lower part by a series of staircases and funiculars.
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| Lower Valparaiso |
We are staying on Cerro (hill) Alegre and access the lower part by a funicular. The architecture is really unusual, lots of wooden houses brightly painted and again, masses of street art and graffiti.
We went for a wander round the lower part, the main square
and the main street which was called………….yes, Prat street….
Next to us the Cerro Conception is fully of quirky art,
street art, craft shops, street music and a really alternative vibe.
We started the evening off by trying a bottle of the fizz
Mandy and Paul had bought at the Salentien vineyard…………very nice too and then
went for a wander in the narrow streets and alleys of Cerro Conception before a
nice dinner in one of the oldest houses with a view of the port and the lights
on the other hills.
Valparaiso is looking like an interesting couple of days !!
Hello Janette, it appears that I now can now post comments again although I couldn’t see the two other comments you referred to? You can tell Lord Snowden’s love child that I use Safari and abandoned Windows many years ago. I got bored that within two years of launching new Microsoft software a nice 14 year old youth in a shebeen in Lagos was pretending to be Miss Barbie 1968 and proposing marriage if I deposited £3,000 in an anonymous bank account in Bucharest to cover his/her travel and wedding dress expenses. I noticed the photo of Steve being bored during the fabulous wine tasting. I used to find that despatching him to produce an Excel spreadsheet involving pivot tables worked as an excellent pick me up.
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