Cajon del Maipo

When we get back on the bus, Felipe and Tomas have prepared a picnic with Chilean delicacies, including Chilean red wine. Juchuuuu! Everything is super delicious, and all this in this magnificent landscape. I'm in bliss!

After the small snack, we drive back and eventually stop at a restaurant that offers traditional Chilean cuisine. We eat fresh empanadas before we head back towards Santiago.

After being dropped off at the hostel, I pick up my things, walk to the metro, travel a few stops, and search for my new hotel in the Barrio Paris-Londres. I didn't feel like staying at the noisy hostel anymore, and having a room to myself for two nights is awesome. The hotel is an incredibly old house in a beautiful neighborhood near the university. Cobblestone streets, extravagant houses from the days of grandeur, and jazz music playing in the alleys. Live. For the guests of the restaurants that have set up their tables and chairs outside.

And because the Wi-Fi didn't work in the single room I had originally booked, I was upgraded. Now I have a double room with a big bed. Juchuuuu! And the absolute highlight is the rooftop terrace. I feel incredibly grown-up being in this hotel and not on a sagging mattress in a low-budget hostel^^

Here I am now, sitting with a beer, which required some effort to get. The kiosks (minimarkets) don't have beer, nor does the hotel reception. So I kept walking and bought a can (forgive me, Mom) at a sandwich bar. Why is it like this? I suspect it's a relic from the military dictatorship! We Communists like to regulate things, but never the consumption of beer :-D

That's the only way I can explain it^^

Tomorrow, I want to visit a winery outside of Santiago. But everything in a very relaxed way :-)

Besos <3 st.