It was a slog getting here but our first impressions of the city are positive. We are headed out for a guided tour in a couple hours, but we strolled the immediate area around our hotel, which is in the downtown core and it is lively. Our hotel is French themed (as if there weren’t enough language issues already, let’s throw in some French to confuse my already addled brain.) Nearby, along the river, is a sculpture park, which was nice. They seem big on that in Latin America.
The hotel, as I said, is nice and all the better because they upgraded us to a large suite. We guess because they didn’t have a room ready when we arrived. It helps make up for the cramped flight down. Thanks to the pharma industry for effective sleep drugs, otherwise last night would have been a seriously annoying 10 hours. And first there was the limo driver who almost got into two accidents on the Belt Parkway heading to JFK, and the misdirected baggage upon arrival — found but good for a 45 minute delay. Last but not least is the $160 “reciprocity” fee per person we Americans get to pay entering the country. Evidently the U.S. charges Chileans the same fee for a visa, so it is tit for tat. Stiff cover charge.
Tomorrow we taste wine and Sunday is the presidential election here, should be interesting. A former president, Michelle Bachelet, is expected to win again against another female candidate. If only the U.S. were as progressive.
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Sounds very interesting for your first day — the 4 sculptures that are wavy in style look similar to the muses in the grounds for scuptureI like you Pat with the sculpture – is that a head at the top or is it my feeble brainyour room looks nice and hope to hear that you see something great that will make the 10 hrs. worth doingmom
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