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    1Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago. Plaza del Armas.
    Plaza del Armas.Plaza del Armas.1A short visit to the Museum of National History.1Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos1Costanera.1City view from Costanera.2"Pisco Sour" (left) & "Araucano", two South American cocktails at the sky bar.City view from Costanera.1A lot of old buildings are adorned with graffiti.Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, modern art section.Creative ways to earn a living: Mobile barbecue, improvised on a supermarket trolley.3"Historia de una escalera"1Street performance.Parallel worlds.Visit to the memorial house of Pablo Neruda, poet, diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate for literature.

    Santiago de Chile

    December 22, 2024 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

    We spent December 21st and 22nd visiting Santiago de Chile, which, like many places in the world, is getting ready for the Christmas holidays. We really enjoyed the cosmopolitan city, with its many cultural and historical attractions. In addition, a visit to the Costanera, the tallest building in South America, was one of the highlights of our visit here. Coming from the south, from the now distant Patagonia, we had to adapt again to the heavy traffic and the atmosphere of the metropolis. It is worth noting that Chile, being such a long country, has many climatic zones. If in the extreme south of Patagonia the climate is of the arctic type, and further north we could visit the temperate rainforests. In the Santiago de Chile region, the climate is dry Mediterranean, and to the north, there is one of the driest places on earth, the Atacama Desert.

    To all those who follow us closely on this fantastic and daring journey, we wish you a Merry Christmas and much success in everything you do!... And remember:: “The secret of happiness is freedom... and the secret of freedom is courage.” (Thucydides)
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