Sunday

Sunday was a bit of a miserable day. I got my first (and hopefully last!) flea, and ended up with over 20 bites on my back. I pinched a nerve in my neck and could barely move my head all day. The wind was super-strong and freezing cold. Etc. (It wasn’t entirely bad. I do really like the church I’ve been going to. Its near a friend’s house—we were going to go together—and I like the music better there, the priest speaks more clearly, and it’s a prettier (older) church too!) Anyway… we went on an excursion on Sunday too. It wasn’t too fantastic of an excursion, just because we didn’t go inside anywhere! We started near the former regional government building (the ex-Intendencia), went up an ascensor to the Cerros (hills) Alegre and Concepción. A beautiful area—a few of the houses there inspired much of the architecture and colors of Valparaíso. A lot of immigrants settled there. We saw the Palacio Baburizza (house of a Yugoslavian immigrant), inside of which is an art museum that we did not see (although I’m not sure its still open?). We walked to the big Anglican and Lutheran churches, some of the first Protestant churches in Chile/South America (1858 and 1897, respectively)… but again did not enter. Then we walked around some more. It was more of a “these are some places you should visit on your own sometime” sort of tour. It wasn’t horrible—we did see some really neat houses, and more fantastic views. I think my not feeling too well just made it seem worse. Don’t worry though, I’m feeling much better now even though my back still itches and I’m still cold. Haha. Today was much warmer and so I took a long (too long) walk, and bought some cookies. :-)


The ex-Intendencia



Palacio Baburizza



Cool building- I think its a cafe or restaurant or something now...



Anglican Church



Lutheran Church, from a distance

Sorry for the triple- new posts! I was a bit behind.I’m behind on the photo albums too… those will go up later.