Date: 20231111
Time: 12:45 – 17:55
Distance: 12.5 km
Overnight stay: Best panoramic view, Providencia
Walk
For breakfast we walk into Bella Vista and we find a nice little place that serves empanadas, paila and coffee.
We walk a bit through Bella Vista, to the place where you can go up the hill, Serro San Cristóbal, and from there through the streets where there are small stalls with art, handmade objects and other stuff. It’s a nice and relaxed stroll and we have a coffee and a smoothie at one of the small bars in one of these streets.
On advise of Google we walk into Patronato, there should be a crowd there and where there is a crowd, something is happening. We find a stage in the middle of the street and a lot of people who are painting the houses. Not exactly graffiti but more controlled and planned art.
We continue our walk to Cerro Santa Lucia, a hill with a park in the middle of the city. A remnant of a volcano 15 million years old! From here we have beautiful views over Santiago.
We also see a church with two towers and when we leave the park, we try to find it. After a few blocks we find it, 
Basilica de la Merced, and we can go in. At first it looks like a normal church, but then we see that we can enter a nice garden via a side door. From this garden we can enter Museo la Merced, a museum with all kind of religious objects and paintings. A nice surprise.
Now it is time to get back to our apartment to get rid of some things we bought and head for the Snowbar to get a few beers.
Ada is very worried because we didn’t hear anything from Sandy. The Snowbar is on the other side of the road where Sandy lives and Ada goes to see if she is there or if her house mates have heard anything from Sandy. In the end all is well and the lack of communication was due to a misunderstanding.
Relieved that everything is ok, we go for sushi at Patio Bellavista. The first thing that happens is that we get a complimentary Heineken. I think they are giving the stuff away just to get rid of it. But nothing could be farther from the truth. We are celebrating 150 years of Heineken, here in Chili!
An Uber brings us back to our apartment and we end the day with a glass of wine and a beer.
Weather
The weather is better today, it is dry and the temperature is reasonable, about 15°C.
Songtext of the day
Today we were worried about Sandy because we could not get contact with her. It all worked out fine in the end. So here is a song for Sandy, Sunshine Reggae by Laid Back.
Gimme gimme, gimme just a little smile
That’s all I ask of you
Gimme gimme, gimme just a little smile
We got a message for you
Sunshine, sunshine reggae
Don’t worry, don’t hurry, take it easy
Sunshine, sunshine reggae
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Gimme gimme, gimme just a little smile
That’s all I ask of you – is that too much?
Gimme gimme, gimme just a little smile
We got a message for you – join the
Sunshine, sunshine reggae
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Sunshine, sunshine reggae
Don’t worry, don’t hurry, take it easy
Sunshine, sunshine reggae
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger, get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger
