Wintry Santiago

Playing in the snow
Originally uploaded by louise_parmenter

Yes, it´s freezing here in Santiago! But this is actually a photo up in the Santiago mountains.

Although Santiago is cold and wintry (a shock after warm sunshine in Cusco) it´s been lovely spending time with Esteban, and also his family. We´ve been very busy, what with Esteban´s birthday, visiting relatives in Conception (see next blog), going to an amusement park, a football match in the National Stadium, to the beautiful snowy Santiago mountains, etc. Of course all of this with the incredible warmth and generosity I´ve come to associate with Chileans.

Again, it will be very difficult when I come to leave this weekend for Bolivia. I´ll miss Esteban and his mum, Ivonne, very much.

Here are more photos.