FUN:travel – Viña del Mar, Chile – Day 2

February 25, 2013 by · Comments Off on FUN:travel – Viña del Mar, Chile – Day 2 

The ABC’s of Chile
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration

Day 21 – Tuesday, February 19 – Viña del Mar – more full on sun, blue skies, cool breeze – low 60’sVina Del Mar, Chile 1

  • B – horrible night – no sleep – noisy even w/double paned windows (I’ve slept @ airport hotels w/ planes taking off all night that were more quiet)
  • A – 8:00 walk for really good Americano @ Starbucks
  • 10:25 – breakfast of fresh fruit & sandwich for later – guacamole, turkey & cheese
  • 12:00 – nice walk along beach boardwalk
  • some restaurants & local vendors
  • 1:00 – picnic in the park w/sandwiches from breakfast buffet
  • A – sand sculpture artists dot the shoreline
  • 7:15 – dinner @ Margarita’s – chicken fajitas  – not so good – chips, guacamole, black beans, salsa verde, pico de gallo, jalapeno’s make it better
  • bottle of wine costs $15 & a cocktail costs $10
Vina Del Mar, Chile 5

Sand Sculpture

Lesson Learned – I live in San Diego so I don’t need to have an ocean view room, however, for a quiet room I would have paid the extra $30 to be off the main street.

Not so FF – (FUN-fact) – Viña del Mar has a large homeless dog population. That means no one is picking up after them and you need to be careful where you step.

FUN:travel – Viña del Mar, Chile

February 25, 2013 by · Comments Off on FUN:travel – Viña del Mar, Chile 

The ABC’s of Chile
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration

Day 20 – Monday, February 18 – Valparaíso to Viña del Mar, Chile – blue skies, cool ocean breeze – low 60’sVina Del Mar, Chile 7

  • 11:00 – check in to Hotel San Martin
  • B – room isn’t ready until 2:00
  • take a stroll through town
  • C – there’s a Starbucks 2 blocks from hotel! have a cappuccino break
  • 12:30 – lunch @ Diego’s Pizza across from hotel – local beer Cristal not bad – nice arugula, tomato, onion, feta salad
  • B – pizza just so-so
  • B – costs $53 for 3 beers, 1 salad & I medium pizza
  • 2:00 – check in & siesta
  • B – size does matter when it comes to a room – and so does being off a busy street! forgot to request a quiet room!
  • A – free internet
  • B – very slow
  • 8:15 – dinner @ Delicias del Mar – recommended by hotel – butterfish w/spinach cream sauce (never eaten this before) mushrooms w/baby shrimp, green salad w/avocado, hearts of palm

FF – (FUN-fact) – Chris says I am always looking for the pearl. It’s true! I like to try new things which can be risky or make for a wonderful surprise.