I arrived in Valparaiso on the afternoon, went to the cerro Concepcion,
found a very nice hostel and stayed there two nights. I was seriously amazed by this city, I´ve never seen anything like this before: all the houses are painted, it´s so colourful and so vibrant. I´ve never been to a place that artistic. It used to be a ghost city, with houses made of metal sheet and now the municipality offers financial help to make people repaint their house, so wether they just paint it or, they make fresco and figures, landscapes etc. There is a "open air museum". Plus, a lot of hills to climb, one of the Pablo Neruda´s house, very nice people indeed. I met for example a guy named Carlos, who lived in Lyon and invited me to go to a private island in Chiloe. I only stayed two days, walked a lot, but it was amazing.
After that I took a bus to Concepcion, a city where there was a very bad earthquake last year, for a couchsurfing meeting. Jonathan, went to pick me up at the bus station at 10pm and brought me to a cheap hostel. The next day we went to the museum, with an amazing fresco that represents the history of South America (by a mexican painter) then we climbed a cerro and kind of got lost in the forest, it was a really nice walk actually, at night I took a bus to Puerto Montt, he once again walked with me to the station, such a nice person.
There was an earthquake in Conce four days ago and you could definetely see (on the news) how people relived the last years one. There are still buidings destroyed and it´s so fresh in people´s mind still. There´s a documentary film, called Muchaos that my friend Valentin edited, which is really great, about that subject.
lundi 14 février 2011
mercredi 2 février 2011
Santiago de Chile - 24 janvier/ 2 fevrier 2011
¡Me quedé mucho tiempo en Santiago y me gusto mucho!
I stayed for a long time in Santiago de Chile: to be quick: many museums, walks, restaurants, "cerros" (the hills from which you get a nice view", party time in huge houses, movies... I ´ve even seen a polish play "Oczyszczeni" and it was a huge success.
The best part for me was having the chance to stay in a "real chilean house". The family was great: Patricio, my friend, has two sisters, Pamela and Camila. Pam just had two baby twins, a boy and a girl: Luciano and Franca. They are so cute and small. Plus his parents, his grandma is living with them, and her sister who lost her house during the earthquake. Not to forget, the first born of Pam and Daniel, her husband: the cutty Rafaela. Well that s definetely a family with all generations involved.
I really enjoyed the meals we took all together.
Family is really important in Chile, I felt like home.
The more I stay in this country, the more I m amazed by the people: they are so nice and adorable it´s hard to believe. (On my way to Valparaiso, head and feet lost in my map, two women just stopped asking me if I m lost, recommanding me some place to go and a man out of nowhere also joined us, we started to talk all together in the midddle of the street, crazy!). People are extra nice, I´ve never seen it , the cashier girls even smile in the supermarket! Unbelievable! (szczegolnie ze nasze kasjerki chca nas zabic! przynajmniej na to wyglada) Everybody is smiling, "tranquilo", talking to you, sharing, always telling you "pasa lo bien", "valla te bien", even people you barely talked to. I´m amazed by the "chilenos". For me there´s a real difference between them and Peruvians and bolivians. (Rien a voire pour etre honnete) I´m thrilled with this country. How could all of them be so nice?
I stayed for a long time in Santiago de Chile: to be quick: many museums, walks, restaurants, "cerros" (the hills from which you get a nice view", party time in huge houses, movies... I ´ve even seen a polish play "Oczyszczeni" and it was a huge success.
The best part for me was having the chance to stay in a "real chilean house". The family was great: Patricio, my friend, has two sisters, Pamela and Camila. Pam just had two baby twins, a boy and a girl: Luciano and Franca. They are so cute and small. Plus his parents, his grandma is living with them, and her sister who lost her house during the earthquake. Not to forget, the first born of Pam and Daniel, her husband: the cutty Rafaela. Well that s definetely a family with all generations involved.
I really enjoyed the meals we took all together.
Family is really important in Chile, I felt like home.
The more I stay in this country, the more I m amazed by the people: they are so nice and adorable it´s hard to believe. (On my way to Valparaiso, head and feet lost in my map, two women just stopped asking me if I m lost, recommanding me some place to go and a man out of nowhere also joined us, we started to talk all together in the midddle of the street, crazy!). People are extra nice, I´ve never seen it , the cashier girls even smile in the supermarket! Unbelievable! (szczegolnie ze nasze kasjerki chca nas zabic! przynajmniej na to wyglada) Everybody is smiling, "tranquilo", talking to you, sharing, always telling you "pasa lo bien", "valla te bien", even people you barely talked to. I´m amazed by the "chilenos". For me there´s a real difference between them and Peruvians and bolivians. (Rien a voire pour etre honnete) I´m thrilled with this country. How could all of them be so nice?
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