Valparaiso - u more je fajn/Valparaiso-its great by the sea

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Dneska jsme se vydali na vylet k mori - asi 2 hodiny od Santiaga - do dvou oblibenych letovisk. Prvnim byla Vina del Mar, bohate mesto, jen kousek od sveho bratra Valparaisa. Mrkli jsme na zdejsi exoticky park /Quinta Vergara/ a hlavne na vyborne muzeum Fonck, v kterem je skvela exhibice venovana Velikonocnim ostrovum (Rapa Nui) a navic hned pred vchodem je jedna originalni socha ze samotnych ostrovu. Pak jsme si zasli na obed a nemohli jsme jinak nez si dat skvelou rybu. Nemeli jsme moc casu nazbyt, tak jsme sedli na mikrobus do Valparaisa s nadhernymi kolonialnimi domy ruznych barev, obrovskym pristavem. Zasli jsme na mistni hrbitov a meli jsme stesti - bylo uz zavreno, ale chlapik nas pustil dovnitr a celym hrbitovem nas provedl. Velka cast hrobek byla ponicena zemetresenim a tak jsme mohli videt kosti ci primo cela tela...docela divne, clovek by cekal, ze to jsou veci. ktere by se meli opravit jako prvni. V pristavu jsme nasedli na lod, z ktere jsme mohli videt cele Valparaiso i Vinu, spoustu vojenskych lodi, tulene lenive se opalujici na obrich bojich, mega doky a jako bonus neskutecne ohromnou a luxusni zaoceanskou lod Star Princess, ktera zde kotvila. Jedna z veci co bychom radi zkusili - jet na jedne z techto lodich, mozna to bude po par dnech docela nuda, ale jen to zkusit...

Today we went on the trip to the ocean, to visit 2 favourite places there, about 2 hours from Santiago. The 1st one was Vina del Mar, a rich town, just a stone throw from its brother Valparaiso. We saw local exotic park /Quinta Vergara/ a then a very good Fonck museum in which is installed a brilliant exhibition dedicated to Easter Islands with added bonus of one of the famous statues in front of the museum. We had a lovely dinner - of course freshly caught fish. We did not have too much time to spend, so we took a micro to Valparaiso with its beautiful colonial houses of different colours and a massive port. We also visited a local cemetery and we got lucky - it was already closed but the gentleman opend it for us and gave us guided tour showing us lots of graves damaged by the earthquake and we could see bones or the whole bodies through the holes...At the port we went for a boat trip, saw Vina and Valparaiso from a different angle, lots of army ships, mega docks, seals lazily lying on buoys and as added bonus a huge luxurious ship Star Princess that harboured there. Thats one of the things we would like toi do one day - a trip on one of these ships, maybe it will get boring after a few days, but just to experience it...

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