Today we took a tour of Santiago. I really like this city. I don’t know it as well as I do Vina Del Mar and Valparaiso, but I would love to live here. I would love to live here for a year or so and really get to know this historic city. There are some great restaurants and shopping mixed in with some very cool Chilean culture. We toured through the city and visited a few of the beautiful Catholic Churches that have been around for a lot longer then United States has existed. We saw many of the legislative buildings and learned more about the history of Santiago. We saw the Palacio de Moneda, Cerro San Cristobal, Cerro Santa Lucia, and a few of the historic sectors of Santiago.

Santiago is a mix of cool architecture. There is old Colonial Architecture and then a big boom of 1950’s buildings and now there is a great mix of some very modern buildings. Two of South Americas tallest buildings are currently being built and are very beautiful. Due to all the people that live here and the many buses and taxis and of course now the numerous cars that are becoming more and more available create and incredible amount of pollution. There is a constant filter of dirty air hanging over this city, at times it is even difficult to see the mountains.