First day in Santiago.
Belen takes me to a mall the week before xmas.
It was people soup but I loved seeing all the different type of Chilean people.
In a city of 15 million people, in a crowded mall the week before xmas, I run into the girl who sat next to me on the plane. Out of all my travels…that was truly a first. I never seen anyone on a plane ever again. I may have run into people on planes or airports.
I also got to experience the ritual 5 o’clock tea time. We met some of Belen’s friends at Emporio de Rosio and had our drinks and cookies during this everyday social hour. I experienced the hospitality of the friend Renata who without question and only 20 minutes of knowing me urged me to visit her side of the country, at her pleasure of just showing me, in Concepcion about six hours south of Santiago.
And I almost got my phone stolen by the wachiturros.