Day 9 (Feb 28) - Travels from Santiago to Valparaíso

We walked down the street from our hostal to a cafe in the nearby park for breakfast. We ate empanadas and drank coffee while watching dogs play in the pool of water in the center of the park.

Dogs playing in the water at the park in Santiago.

Once we were full of tasty empanadas, we caught a taxi to Estación Alameda, the bus station whose buses would take us to Valparaíso. We caught the 1:30 pm bus and arrived in Valparaíso after about two hours. By the time we walked to our Airbnb apartment and checked in with the host, Alejandro, it was almost 4 pm.

Valparaíso has a weekly local market called feria that occurs every Sunday and closes at 5 pm, so we were able to spend about an hour wandering around the feria before close time.

A Coca-Cola-themed feria stand in Valparaíso.

More feria things!

More ferias from afar.

Walking through the larger group of feria stands.

A fruit stand on a corner.

A walkway/park near the coast.

After the feria, we tried some Chilean pizza for dinner (plus a pisco sour for me!) and called it a night.

Our Chilean pizza, with peppers, olives, and sausage! Apparently Chileans don't use marinara sauce in their pizzas?