Monday, October 13, 2008

weekend in santiago, vina del mar and valpariaso....PART ONE


sooooo where to start...i went on a city tour this past weekend that included a visit to santiago, vina del mar and valpariaso...three touristy cities and important places in chile....Santiago is the capital of chile and vina del mar is the largest tourist city in chile.....Valpariaso is just another city near vina del mar that is very pretty...soo here are some pics from the trip... the next post is part two....sooo beware in this post there are no pictures from valpaiaso...


this is a model of the moneda...which is there government building....basically the chilean version of the white house....very pretty









this is me chillin on a sculpture at the moneda








these are my friends and i on the same sculpture....









all of the inbound exchange students in chile...about 40 or so









we visited a museum which was basically for the moneda... very nice











me and one of the gaurds at the moneda!








some of my cool cat friends...posing for the pic








other cool cat friends










some coins on display inside the moneda









this is the view from the house of pablo neruda...look him up really famous chilean poet....had an amazing house and deff got to go in it...but wasnt allowed to take any pics....bummer but i got some from the outside...





the rebound students....or chileans that went with us...that had gone on an exchange last year....







me and some of my friends











cool star in santiago














the outside of the moneda (chilean white house)










outside the house of pablo neruda









pablo neruda's house again....it was very pretty inside









p and m stand for pablo and matilda... it was their house









the garden type things at the house of pablo neruda









these eyes were there so that people wouldnt hit there head on the tree...i know this because one of my friends asked the tour guide










train station in talca










el bueno muchacho... restaurant in santiago watched a bunch of dances and did a little dancing myself....it was a lot of fun







some native dance









the food!!! sooo good








other dance....










thanks for checkin it out....i will post part two soon!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great pics...anxious to see Part 2

Sooo how does dancing differ from the US?

Love,

Rose and Bill

Anonymous said...

I envy all the beautiful things that you get to see and do!! The pictures do help share your travels with us all. Thank you for keeping your blog up to date. I enjoy it so much! Enjoy every day and every moment. Lots of love and hugs, Mom
i <3 u
I wish I could see those pictures of you doing those dances. Where are those? I bet we all would like to see those . . .