On Friday we went to the changing of the guards at the presidential palace (la Moneda)- where President Bachelet works. They change the guards every 2 days, so the new set going in did not leave until this morning. It was really neat. Everything was so precise. There was also a military band that played international music for a while before leading the old guard off down the street. Then we went on a tour of la Moneda and learned a lot of the history of Chile. This is the O'Higgins room, where la presidente greets foreign ambassadors. It is named for Bernard O'Higgins, the Chilean son of an Irishman, who was a great liberator of Chile.
This is the Cathedral of Santiago, in the Plaza de Armas, a really neat area downtown.
The inside was gorgeous, but i didn't get any very good pictures. I did get this picture of St. Teresa of the Andes, who was a Carmelite nun.

Yesterday morning we started at a vineyard, one of (or maybe THE) nicest in Chile. These are the old barrels where wine was made, now they have newer machines for it. We got to sample the wine too ;-)