Chillin...

So we made it off the ship in time for our 9:30pm flight out of Ushuaia and into Buenos Aires. Unfortunately, that put us in BA at about 1 in the morning where we waited in the airport for 7.5 hours for our connecting flight at 8:30 to Santiago. Ugh. Believe it or not we stayed up the whole time playing an epic game of gin (which of course I won in the end ;) ).

We finally got to Santiago after our very long trip and crashed for a few hours at the hotel before venturing out into the city to see what it was all about. We stopped in the Barrio Bellavista for a few drinks followed by a nice dinner, complete with live music. It´s a very touristy area, but it was perfect for our purposes.

This morning we got up and had breakfast by the pool before basking in the sun for a few hours. It´s the height of summer here, and the warmth and sunshine is a welcome change from the weather I was experiencing both at home and in Antarctica. I´d say that a leisurely breakfast and a book by the pool was the ideal way to kick off the first real day of vacation here in Chile.

Well I´m off now to see the concierge about some dinner reservations and a tour of a few of the local vineyards... I love mini-break holidays!