On Thursday, which was Thanksgiving, we decided to mix things up a bit. Thanksgiving obviously isn't a thing here, so the boys still had school. So we decided to do our own 5K Turkey Trot and ran along the Mapuche River to a nice park nearby. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
After the run, we met up with Drew and Mom and had a lovely brunch at a cute little cafe in our neighborhood called Cafe Figo.
During the run, Osman took a lovely photograph of the purple jacaranda trees that bloom here in the spring. They are the most beautiful trees I have ever seen, aside from cherry blossoms. Definitely a highlight of springtime here for me.
We also got a chance to stop by our gourmet Whole Foods equivalent grocery store, the name of which is Jumbo, but it's pronounced Yumbo, and somehow that makes it fancier to my brain. Jumbo, not fancy, almost trashy. Yumbo, a step up for sure. The mascot of Jumbo is an elephant, which I forced Leah to take a picture with, because her Burner mascot is a much more adorable elephant called Swamy Toots (see pic below), so every time I go into Jumbo and see the elephant, I think of her. Toooooooottttssss!
After brunch, we wanted to go to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, which is a museum dedicated to the lives lost and the atrocities committed during the Pinochet dictatorship. Unfortunately we got there and the museum was closed because they were refinishing the floors. And it would remain closed for the entirety of their visit. Bummer. But you can't win them all. Instead, we walked over to this Church Drew and I discovered a few weeks back that looks like a mosque almost. Made from alot of concrete, it has a dark vibe inside, but it is filled with stained glass which is lovely.
Our housecleaner, Karen, came by that day, and she cooked up homemade arepas with a chicken and avocado filling called Reina Pepiada. They are as delicious as they look. Karen is an amazing cook, and I love these things. I could eat ten of them.
Nanas gotta Nana, so she treated the boys to a brownie sundae for Thanksgiving.
On Friday, we walked up Cerro San Cristobal. First stop on the walk was the Japanese Gardens, which is lovely and very curated, as every Japanese Garden is.
At the top of Cerro San Cristobal is a statue of the Virgin Mary, which Mom was very pleased to see.
You can hike down Cerro San Cristobal, bur we took the much more fun funicular, which is essentially a box on tracks that goes up and down a steep hillside by a pulley. This one has been working since 1925.
More Nana lovin.
On Saturday, we took a trip to a part of town called Franklin which has an amazing restaurant scene and happening flea markets for things that both came in on trucks and fell off trucks. It's an interesting area, but it's certainly seedier than most. But our lunch there was super yummy.
Saturday night, Mom and I went to Mass at the Catholic Church down the street from us. Had a really interesting mural behind the alter.
Finally, had to top off Saturday with some $0.50 oysters. The ones from the South of Chile are small and briny and cheap, and I love them. So I knew Leah would love them too.
No comments:
Post a Comment