All right so today is going to be a long day for us we are at the Mendoza airport we are
heading from Mendoza to Chile and then we have an 11-hour layover in Chile which we don't typically
do but this just just couldn't be avoided so I'm going to spend the day in Chile and we are going to find
some trouble not bad trouble good trouble like sites food whatever else we can find so let's go
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So Customs was really easy to get through that took 5 minutes but now we got to
find a place to drop our bags because we can't tour around Chile with a whole bunch of bags on
us so we think we found a place with lockers at a hotel so we're going to go hopefully drop our bags
we took our taxi over to the hotel that we thought had lockers they don't really have
lockers but they are securing our bags so we can at least go and tour the city
so next we're heading over to Sky, Sky Costanera
but apparently, we misspelled Constanera by adding an i in the Uber app and mid -transit we realized we
were heading in the opposite direction of where we wanted to be so we diverted
to here
got a little twisted around you know traveling sometimes you fail, we failed but we finally got
to an area that we wanted to be in we're at Plaza de Armas um in the center here it's
beautiful
check this out
but today you're getting you're getting the raw down and dirty of how traveling
really does actually go and we've got 11 hours here so we're going
to see as much as we possibly can
this neoclassical design cathedral was built
between 1748 and 1800 it has lavish features including gilded columns and
gorgeous inspiring frescos
so we're here at the Constitution Plaza um knowing what's going on in the world
um there are some protesters here from each side each group Palestinian and Jewish groups
and it's peaceful but uh they're definitely out showing their support for each side
I'm in a Country I'm not familiar with in the middle of a situation that is not comfortable so it was time to move on
Constitution Plaza occupies a full Square Block in the heart of Santiago when you
arrive to the other side it's referred to La Moneda
so with any layover you're not
always sure exactly where you are but we just confirmed with this nice gentleman
back here that this is where the President of Chile works out of he doesn't live here
but he works here look I got the flag
now its time to take a one mile walk to our next stop
so we're here at Cerro Santa Lucia it's beautiful
looks like there is a castle up top
beautiful fountain
look how gorgeous this is
let's keep climbing and see what the view looks like up further
Pedro de Valdiva conquered the hill in 1540 on the day they celebrate
St Lucia hence its name
this was exactly what I was hoping for was a little hike
to get some exercise so we're good and tired for our flight tonight
and hopefully we'll get some sleep but this is a beautiful little Trail
the birds chirping
after walking that slight hill you'll come to open
area where you can sit and relax take in the views and I forgot to mention there's no entrance
fee you just need to sign in with the guard but if you need to use the restroom you will
need some money wow that's a gorgeous look at those mountains in the background
the whole city is just surrounded by these beautiful mountains, lucky yeah oh that breeze is nice
too
okay
lots of steps
unfortunately, this church isn't open to the public but it's still really pretty from the outside
my heart's like beating we can continue going up
oh there's more? Oh okay, more
within a year after Valdiva conquered the hill a chickenpox
outbreak took place missionaries turned St Lucia Hill into a place of worship to
ward off the outbreak that's why you'll see ruins of altars and churches in some parts
we finally made it to the top and of course it's a Saturday afternoon so it's busy up here
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what goes up must come down so we'll make our way down the hill in
total the walk takes about 20 minutes it depends on your pace the Park is open March
through September 9:00 a.m. to 600 p.m. and stays open an extra 2 hours from October through
February
all right guys if you want some restaurants we're here at El Barrio Lastarria let's say
that again El Barrio Lastarria sorry we're on the fly I'm going to say things wrong it happened I loved this
area the leafy streets are lined with boutique hotels hip bars serving regional wines and craft
cocktails and trendy restaurants offering fusion fair and Innovative takes on classic Chilean
dishes it's a great little Bohemian area where street vendors sell local handcrafts and souvenirs
I just wish we had more time and it was at this very spot where we had experienced the worst rookie
traveler mistake and we aren't really [Music] rookies
it's a huge time waster if you have to
stop charge your phone and unfortunately, that's what we needed to do so after we got a little bit
of charge on our cell phones we were able to order an Uber to take us to our final stop
we heard the views of Santiago from the top of the San Cristobal Hill were amazing so we stood in
in line for about an hour to take the funicular you can purchase tickets online before arriving for
the funicular a cable car or bus there's no cost to actually, visit the hill but you will need to pay
for the transportation you choose
my allergies are literally kicking my a** but we are going up this
the mountain we're going to get the views yes we are [Music]
the funicular will cost you about $6 per person
Oh wow I wasn't expecting that
two trains wow look at those views of the city the
mountains I guess have like a zoo here too
so in less than 10 minutes we finally made it to the top of the San Cristobal Hill
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they aren't kidding the views up here are spectacular but there is one more part of the Hill
that we want to check out and that's the statue of the Immaculate Conception which measures 45 ft tall
we are beat yeah yeah so that was a good full day Santiago Chile it's beautiful we have
to come back and spend some time here but now we got to get back to the airport and
get there get through customs and do it all again so we can get home to Miami [Music]
so we are finally back at the airport this is a face a face of
defeat listen I really enjoyed seeing Santiago Chile but this is not how I want to see it
running around the city like a chicken with her head cut off trying to see the sites it's just
not for me and that's why we do what we do we go to cities we spend 10 days to 15 days in
the city we see the restaurants we get to know the people and it's just a lot of fun that way
this way not so much
I'm too tired for this and we've been going since 6:00 a.m. this morning
it is now 9:30pm at night and we still have an 8 hour flight on top of an hour drive home so we
have still 9 hours luckily we have Global Entry so hopefully when we get into the States it'll be
smooth sailing through the airport but this is a lot this is a lot this is why I'm doing this
whole video to just show that um layovers like this aren't my cup of tea I'm sorry I'm just
too old for it so I would like to come back to Santiago Chile I think it's a beautiful city uh
the people are super nice who we've met and um I think it would be a great place to come back
to I just uh today I'm defeated I'm defeated did look at my face look at my face oh yeah so I'm
hoping to get on the plane and fall asleep and wake up in Miami so let's see how that goes
kids aren't here but we do have someone waiting for us oh he's not at the
window
come are you happy are you happy are you happy
happy it's so be happy boy is he miss your [Music]
mommy