Welcome to South America, and welcome to Chile! One of our city guides, Patricio, exemplified the care our tour company, Grand Circle Travel, took to meet our needs. Barb left her cane at home in Vestal, and Patricio took the time...........and his personal car..........to drive us to a hospital supply store for a replacement!

The sewage-laden Mapocho river runs through Santiago, but in an effort to clean it, several filtering stations are being constructed along its route as it passes along. Much of the rapid moving water is from glacial melt. The girl? The drawing just happened to be there as I was taking a photo of the river........hmmmm.......

One of the homes of the Nobel laureate Neruda.

Santiago's main square, the Plaza de Armas, is a mix of old and new..........museums, government buildings, a cathedral, the post office and other important structures surround a large open plaza, where one finds mimes, artists, jugglers, roving musicians and folk who are on their way to one of the nearby markets.

The Plaza de Armas has been a center of attractions and activities since its founding in 1541.

.....inside the Cathedral church...........

The presidential palace