Other Activities
On the social/holiday side of things, we enjoyed 3 days in Santiago (including the national drink of pisco sour), the weather perfect for using the hotel pool. We journeyed out to the boondocks to see a car museum (surprise!). There were 300 cars, mostly American in various conditions and restorations, a couple belonging to ex-Presidents. The colours of the restored cars were "unusual". Of course, my choices of the Palacio and the Fashion Museums were closed (indefinitely).
Next stop was Buenos Aires where we went to the Grande Theatro, an old theatre now used as a huge bookshop and cafe- such a great use of the space without detriment to the interior. We did a 10pm tour of the Palacio Barolo, a perfectly preserved Art Deco building with a lighthouse at the very top where we had a lovely view of the city - not for those prone to vertigo. Thanks to Sally for these 2 recommendations.
Sunday is market day and we walked for hours around the one in San Telmo. On the way we toured El Zanjon, a very old house which was derelict in 1985 and now being restored by the owner ($$$) to preserve it as a museum & its history dating back to the 1740's. Beneath the building were huge crypt like tunnels to drain water as it was originally built over 4 streams.
The next 3 days were spent in Uruguay- one hour ferry to Colonia then 2 hour bus ride to Montevideo. A much poorer country than Argentina. Within the city wonderfully preserved old buildings and mansion houses so we did a 4 hour self guided walk marvelling at the retention of these buildings.
Amazingly we bumped into Jordi, a biologist & guide on the Europa on which we went to Antarctica in February. The Europa was coming in next day for the beginning of its seasonal Artarctic trips.
On the food scene, we are astonished at the huge servings of mainly grilled meat served in both countries. Phil B had a T-bone steak and it completely covered the very large dinner plate.
This morning we sat in the cockpit of Formula 1 driver Juan Fangio's 3-tonne bronze memorial of he and his Mercedes-Benz W class.
On the social/holiday side of things, we enjoyed 3 days in Santiago (including the national drink of pisco sour), the weather perfect for using the hotel pool. We journeyed out to the boondocks to see a car museum (surprise!). There were 300 cars, mostly American in various conditions and restorations, a couple belonging to ex-Presidents. The colours of the restored cars were "unusual". Of course, my choices of the Palacio and the Fashion Museums were closed (indefinitely).
Next stop was Buenos Aires where we went to the Grande Theatro, an old theatre now used as a huge bookshop and cafe- such a great use of the space without detriment to the interior. We did a 10pm tour of the Palacio Barolo, a perfectly preserved Art Deco building with a lighthouse at the very top where we had a lovely view of the city - not for those prone to vertigo. Thanks to Sally for these 2 recommendations.
Sunday is market day and we walked for hours around the one in San Telmo. On the way we toured El Zanjon, a very old house which was derelict in 1985 and now being restored by the owner ($$$) to preserve it as a museum & its history dating back to the 1740's. Beneath the building were huge crypt like tunnels to drain water as it was originally built over 4 streams.
The next 3 days were spent in Uruguay- one hour ferry to Colonia then 2 hour bus ride to Montevideo. A much poorer country than Argentina. Within the city wonderfully preserved old buildings and mansion houses so we did a 4 hour self guided walk marvelling at the retention of these buildings.
Amazingly we bumped into Jordi, a biologist & guide on the Europa on which we went to Antarctica in February. The Europa was coming in next day for the beginning of its seasonal Artarctic trips.
On the food scene, we are astonished at the huge servings of mainly grilled meat served in both countries. Phil B had a T-bone steak and it completely covered the very large dinner plate.
This morning we sat in the cockpit of Formula 1 driver Juan Fangio's 3-tonne bronze memorial of he and his Mercedes-Benz W class.
Have you dug the Goose out of it's container yet?
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