Day 12 (March 2) - Day Off

Sof's feet had pretty rough looking blisters from all the walking so far on the trip, so we decided to take an easy day and not walk around too much. We did check out the roof of our building though, which had a nice 360 degree view of the city. We could even see the Congreso (Congress) building, where the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) and Senate (Senado) meet. They used to meet in Santiago, but on March 11, 1990 (after Pinochet's reign had ended) they were relocated to Valparaíso to decentralize the government.

The roof of our building.

Roof view looking westward.

Roof view looking northward (toward the sea).

Congreso Nacional de Chile!

We then ate some lunch at a nearby Peruvian restaurant, which was amazingly good and very cheap (about $6.000 CLP = $8.74 per person, tax always included in the price).

Sazón Nazca, a really good Peruvian restaurant near where we are staying.

My traditional Peruvian shrimp dish (forgot the name).

Sof's traditional Peruvian beef dish (forgot the name).

Next we got dessert at Emporio La Rosa again (the #18 ice cream parlor in the world), where I accidentally ate a half liter of dulce de leche and cookies and cream ice cream, and Sof just ordered one scoop of dulce de leche.

My half liter of ice cream, which is apparently larger than a pint, but just as delicious. Notice that it was sealed as if I were going to take it home with me instead of eat it on the patio  ;)

After returning to the apartment for a bit, we got some dinner from a nearby bar (Chilean pizza!) and returned home, exhausted. We went to sleep, but not before I was able to finally get caught up with the blog!! (Hooray finally having stable internet!).