I had a great, but long, day in Valparaiso today. First thing after I woke up, Ably and I headed to the ascensor at aduana. The ascensors (literally elevators) are devices over a 100 years old built to help people get up the extremely steep hills, or cerros, in Valparaiso.
Next we took the buss to Cerro San Sebastian where I took a photo from the balcony of
Pablo Neruda's house after wandering around inside. It's really an interesting house with weird architecture and all kinds of stuff the poet brought back from all over the world.
Next I took a boat tour in the harbour and some seals playing on the keel of a cruise ship. Then Ably and I had a lunch of seafood empanadas and pastel de choclo (kind of a cornbread pot pie with chicken and eggs inside).
After lunch I met up with César, a guy I met through couchsurfing. He was awesome and we walked all around town. He showed me all kinds of places I never would have found on my own including a really quirky magic store and lots of interesting grafiti/murals. We stopped to get fresh juice at a jugeria and I had a nice fresh Tuna Juice. Don't worry it's not fish. In Spanish, tuna is a fruit from a cactus and tuna fish is atun.
That night, I went over to Salomón and Laura's house. They are friends of Laurie's from when she studied in Santiago and now live in Valparaiso (They say hi Laurie). They had just returned from vacation in Brazil and Uruguay so we traded photos and talked about what Lacey and I might do if we take the ferry from Buenos Aries to Uruguay.
Then we went for pizza on Cerro Alegere. Went to a famous little bar, J.J. Cruz casino social club and had chorillana (french fries covered with eggs fried onions and beef) and a local microbrew. If you are in Valparaiso, head east from the NE corner of Plaza Victoria and within 2 blocks you'll see a tiny alley on the North side of the street. The bar is at the end of the alley and has a sign that is visible if you look down the alley from the street.
I got home around 1 AM after a long day of walking the hills and passed out. Traveling to Valparaíso was awesome and I highly recommend it and Chile to all of you if you have the chance.
Next we took the buss to Cerro San Sebastian where I took a photo from the balcony of
Pablo Neruda's house after wandering around inside. It's really an interesting house with weird architecture and all kinds of stuff the poet brought back from all over the world.
Next I took a boat tour in the harbour and some seals playing on the keel of a cruise ship. Then Ably and I had a lunch of seafood empanadas and pastel de choclo (kind of a cornbread pot pie with chicken and eggs inside).
After lunch I met up with César, a guy I met through couchsurfing. He was awesome and we walked all around town. He showed me all kinds of places I never would have found on my own including a really quirky magic store and lots of interesting grafiti/murals. We stopped to get fresh juice at a jugeria and I had a nice fresh Tuna Juice. Don't worry it's not fish. In Spanish, tuna is a fruit from a cactus and tuna fish is atun.
That night, I went over to Salomón and Laura's house. They are friends of Laurie's from when she studied in Santiago and now live in Valparaiso (They say hi Laurie). They had just returned from vacation in Brazil and Uruguay so we traded photos and talked about what Lacey and I might do if we take the ferry from Buenos Aries to Uruguay.
Then we went for pizza on Cerro Alegere. Went to a famous little bar, J.J. Cruz casino social club and had chorillana (french fries covered with eggs fried onions and beef) and a local microbrew. If you are in Valparaiso, head east from the NE corner of Plaza Victoria and within 2 blocks you'll see a tiny alley on the North side of the street. The bar is at the end of the alley and has a sign that is visible if you look down the alley from the street.
I got home around 1 AM after a long day of walking the hills and passed out. Traveling to Valparaíso was awesome and I highly recommend it and Chile to all of you if you have the chance.
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Yeah! You met Salomón and Laura! That is awesome. I totally agree the Valparaiso is great. I'm glad you're having fun.
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