Yesterday I went for a guided walking tour around Santiago and apart from being a little too cold for my liking, it was really good and I do quite like the place now.
Things of note are: you can´t put toilet paper down the toilet here! Well... technically you can as I was for the first couple of dsays until I realised that´s what the bins are for. Yuck!!! There are lots of stray dogs everywhere, but they are very friendly. But they are seriously everywhere!! running up and down the streets, curled up on the pavement and in every park.... Um.... oh yes, we were shown these cafes in the business district - their nickname is ´cafes con piernas´ which is cafes with legs - this is becuase it is girls only working there, with VERY short skirts on who flirt with all the business men who come in. Not sexist at all, right? I have tried a pisco sour and it was good. It has raw egg white in it, but still tastes nice, honestly!
The architecture here is very nice, it has quite a Spanish feel to it, unsurprisingly. Pictures to follow (sorry for delay, am in internet cafe).
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