The landmarks
Santiago is a wonderful city. The center and the rich area are full of high buildings, but it has also some history, specially with references to the Pinochet dictatorship and Allende's patriotism. The south american flavour is all around in the old barrio Bellavista, full of bars, restaurants and discos, inside colonial buildings. I haven't tried Santiago's night yet, but even during the day it is impressive.
Santiago is also the city of cerros, small hills in the middle of the city which provide a fantastic view over the different areas. One of them has a huge statue of Imaculada Concepción on the top and a 270º absolutely delicious view over Santiago.
The lifestyle
Santiago has a latin type relaxed lifestyle, people are very nice and comprehensive, smiling back at you and your poor spanish. However, the city still has a high discrepancy between social levels and the concept of servant makes some sense for these people. Therefore, you can have a lot of services and pay not that much for them.
In general, I would say Santiago is a safe city. Though I haven't had the opportunity yet to try the nightlife and its usual problems, I haven't felt unsure for one second so far, not even tricked in any way.
Santiago is a wonderful city. The center and the rich area are full of high buildings, but it has also some history, specially with references to the Pinochet dictatorship and Allende's patriotism. The south american flavour is all around in the old barrio Bellavista, full of bars, restaurants and discos, inside colonial buildings. I haven't tried Santiago's night yet, but even during the day it is impressive.
Santiago is also the city of cerros, small hills in the middle of the city which provide a fantastic view over the different areas. One of them has a huge statue of Imaculada Concepción on the top and a 270º absolutely delicious view over Santiago.
The lifestyle
Santiago has a latin type relaxed lifestyle, people are very nice and comprehensive, smiling back at you and your poor spanish. However, the city still has a high discrepancy between social levels and the concept of servant makes some sense for these people. Therefore, you can have a lot of services and pay not that much for them.
In general, I would say Santiago is a safe city. Though I haven't had the opportunity yet to try the nightlife and its usual problems, I haven't felt unsure for one second so far, not even tricked in any way.
Social life
Apparently there is plenty of social and cultural offers. The concerts are amazing, this month there was Dream Theatre and Deep Purple on the same day, Interpol, Underworld, Iron Maiden and Enio Morricone are scheduled, Bob Dylan is coming as well. Things happen in Santiago! High class meals for less than 15 euros or lunch buffets for 3 euros are all over. The food is good so far, with a lot of fish specialties and meat from the northern regions.
2 comments:
Depreendo das tuas palavras... que estás como queres, não é?
Ou será que falta alguma coisa? ;-)
Vá... vai lá fazendo ionveja ao pessoal... (mas olha que eu ainda não me esqueci que me prometeste um gelado!!!)
Realmente, estás a criar àgua na boca.
Quero ir ao Chile. Será que posso ir na bagageira do aviao, de modo a ficar mais em conta?
Já agora, falaste da comida e tal...ms a ASAE já foi aí? Se fosse a ti desconfiava do que andas a comer.lol
Diverte-te.
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