Winter time

After a couple of weeks of constant rain, the sun came up again, to show a painful truth: the winter is here! It is damn cold, the house is freezing inside, even more than outside, and there's little we can do about it. Apparently, it is quite normal to get below zero in Santiago, during the winter, sometimes with snow. The polar wave that is now striking Santiago made everyone run into the stores and empty their stock of thermal ventilators, heaters, comforters and blankets.

However, the fact that there is sun makes it quite comfortable to go out during the day. There I was, walking around Santiago, when suddenly I looked east and... I remembered why this place is different from Portugal. The cordillera was covered in snow, deep white, and, as the sun went down, deep red. Beautiful sight, made me forget how cold it was. Next day, I went up one of the cerros to take pictures of these permanent vigilants that look after the city.