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Winery and last day in Santiago

Today is the tour of the winery but we are not being picked up ‘till 1345 so have the morning to ourselves. After breakfast Christine caught up with the ironing after which we went out for coffee. Across the road … Continue reading

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Sunday in Santiago

We have nothing planned today, so after a leisurely breakfast and some household chores we decided to head out to the Plaza de Armas, the main square of Santiago, (stop 5 on the hop-on, hop-off bus). How to get there; … Continue reading

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A trip into the Andes

We were waiting in the hotel lobby as instructed at 0815hrs for our pick-up driver to arrive, we got ourselves a cuppa as we presumed we would have time to drink it, assuming we would have to wait. No, we … Continue reading

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Hop-on Hop-off Day 2

Out a little early today hoping to catch the first bus of the day as we are going to stop at “San Cristóbel Hill” in the Santiago Metropolitan Park which we have been advised is both, “a must do”, and “will … Continue reading

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Travelling and Santiago

The alarm went of at that un-godly hour of 0600hrs, as we were being collected from the hotel 0800hrs and we did have to enjoy our last breakfast, though I have to say, when the breakfast room opened at 0700hrs, … Continue reading

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Our time in BA comes to an end

After a late one last night, we weren’t hurrying down for breakfast but thought of Trevor and Gill, knowing they had to be up early as they had a full day’s city tour. Today is their only “full” day in … Continue reading

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