Visiting the Pacific...

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Well where do I begin...I´ve fallen in love with Chile! Not shocking for me to become attached to a country so quickly...

My first week in Chile has been incredible! Exploring Santiago was wonderful - I met up with a few Brazilians so I´ve been learning Portugese as well...haha. I´ve taken a walking tour, sampled the street food (completo - Chilean hotdog with avocado...tasty!), danced in bohemian Bellavista, and spent the day at a vineyard sampling the wine and wandering through the vines...

I also found my way to the coast to visit Valparaiso (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Viña del Mar (sandy beaches with wonderful seafood), and Renaca (smaller, quieter neighbourhood of Viña). It was beautiful weather and the food was amazing! I had empanadas from a local shop for lunch - chorizo sausage with goat cheese and shrimp, cilantro, and salsa). We walked the entire length of the beach and watched the sunset with a bottle of Chilean wine. I´ve been spoiled with the incredible wines here already and it´s only been a week!

I´ve been so lucky to have found such amazing travel partners thus far...I´m only ever on my own when I travel from one place to the next! I´m meeting up with my Gap Adventure tour group on Tuesday so hopefully I´ll have a few cool kids there too 😊

My next stop is up north in the Atacama desert -- San Pedro de Atacama -- so I´m really looking forward to exploring such a different region.

Take care and hope all is well...ciao ciao

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Comments

[Melissa]

I love it!!!
Lucky lady, eat, be at leisure and meet lots of new friends???? This is heaven on earth, I am so jealous! xo