February 7th, Santiago, Valparaiso Chile
Once again, Kurt absolutely made our day with a breakfast of tortillas, fresh strawberry juice etc. It was so hard saying goodbye to this sanctuary of peace and luxury, but we had to head to the town of Valparaiso 2 hours away. We met an Australian couple and traveled with them to the Tur Bus terminal. It's so organised and clean compared to what we've seen in Bolivia!
Valparaiso is a really quaint pretty portside community. I was expecting a small village but it's pretty huge with lots of unique boroughs. This town is known for its graffiti, and I got tonnes of pictures. It's a popular tourist destination for both local and international travellers and you can immediately see why once you're here, it's serene and got amazing views.
We walked about a bit, had a pisco sour at a random bar and later in the evening went for dinner to an Italian restaurant called 'Il Paparazo'. It's situated on a quiet side lane close enough to the port to hear the sea gulls. We ordered a lovely bottle of wine along with mixed seafood ceviche and seafood pastas. Honestly I have to say that it was one of my top 3 meals ever. The seafood, especially the octopus was so perfectly cooked, and the ambience was just the cherry on the top.
That meal could only be followed by watching TV in bed so that's exactly what we're upto this exciting Friday night :)
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