We observed that every Sunday from 9 am - 2 pm, some streets are closed downtown so people can ride their bikes and exercise outside without having to worry about cars or traffic. It was quite a setup for it to be happening weekly, but it looked like many people were taking advantage of the opportunity.
We continued walking eastward through some more parks, including a sculpture park and a local market with many fruit stands.
Starving, we eventually arrived at the mall at the base of the Gran Torre Santiago. The Costanera Center mall was incredibly large, about 7 stories wrapping around a central column of stores. The bottommost floor contained an entire grocery store, among many other stores, and the topmost floor had a movie theater!
Many bikes on the streets of Santiago on Sundays!
Downtown Santiago streets are closed from 9 am - 2 pm every Sunday.
We passed the Museo de Bellas Artes but didn't go inside.
Abraham Lincoln in the Parque Forestal... for some reason.
Obelisk in the Parque Forestal!
Sculpture in the Parque Forestal.
A lock-covered bridge crossing the Mapocho River.
A gift to Santiago from South Korea.
We continued walking eastward through some more parks, including a sculpture park and a local market with many fruit stands.
A sculpture park with the tallest building in South America (Gran Torre Santiago - "Grand Santiago Tower") in the background.
Part of the sculpture park on the way to the Costanera Center.
More of the sculpture park.
Gran Torre Santiago, which is 64 stories (984 feet) tall.
Starving, we eventually arrived at the mall at the base of the Gran Torre Santiago. The Costanera Center mall was incredibly large, about 7 stories wrapping around a central column of stores. The bottommost floor contained an entire grocery store, among many other stores, and the topmost floor had a movie theater!
Mall crepes for lunch (with chirimoya juice for me and mango juice for Sof).
We wandered around the mall for a couple hours, ate gelato, and watched the movie Deadpool since we hadn't seen it yet. After more wandering, we took the metro back to near Cerro Santa Lucía and looked for a restaurant for dinner. We ended up choosing Nolita, which was very good!
Sof's fancy salmon (I don't have a picture of my lasagna, but it just looked like lasagna).
Chocolate mousse dessert, small but rich and delicious!
When we got back, we decided tomorrow we'll wake up early and head to the cemetery and La Vega since we didn't get the chance to go today.
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