Just a quick note about our neighborhood... In it's day it was no doubt splendid! It is more of a working class area now, though the books refer to it as bohemian. I see both. Right now little boys are playing a game of soccer in the street in front of our room. All through the night young people walk by talking loudly after their night on the town. The bright yellow house with paintings is that of the 'anarchists', our room is the window above the green door to the left. The white mansion which is full of graffiti is at the corner. You can see the bygone elegance!
Today we rode rented bicycles for four hours from park to park, it was a beautiful sunny Sunday, little traffic except for other bikers and families in the parks. We biked through some very nice neighborhoods after we broke away from the river that runs through town. Skyscrapers are everywhere; sculptures in city squares are also plentiful. Santiago doesn't have as many churches to tour as most other Latin American cities that we have visited; normally every other block has a parish church, similar to SLC and the ward houses.
Tomorrow, Monday, will be our last full day here before we find our way by bus to the coastal city of Valparasio.
Ciao for now!
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