A very long walk

So yesterday I went for a walk around my neighborhood. It was a gorgeous day and I wanted to check out a few things that I always pass in the colectivo ride to/from Viña. So I set off, with my camera, some chocolate, a rosary, and about 3 dollars. And I just took random pictures of random things. Like a graffiti’d sign that said (translated) “Don’t scratch. Thank you very much. We are the pirates.” Ooook. And I had a conversation with an old man on a bridge who wanted to know about where I was from and why I was here. And I checked out a couple of neat churches. And I ended up at the beach in Viña a little before sunset.

View from a dead-end street.


Our Lady of Lourdes church. The church is behind this area, what you see is a shrine/replica of Lourdes.


The Flower clock of Viña del Mar.


Self explanatory…


Love this one!


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One thing I don’t understand here is prices. For example. Yesterday I bought sunscreen for skiing tomorrow, and it cost me roughly US$11!!! But today I bought snacks for tomorrow (small bag of chips, bag of cookies, 2 granola bars), a juice box, and 2 batteries all for $2. Weird.

Anyway, thats about it. Super-excited for skiing tomorrow! I hope I can get a decent nights sleep though- its been tough with this cold, and tomorrow we are meeting at 5:15am! If you really have time to waste, here's the website of the place we're going skiing. One of the links on the side is a photo gallery. http://www.vallenevado.com/?lang=eng

Ok, thats it for now!
Love, Katie