The Cruise is over

This morning was the end of our cruise and while we were sad

last night and this morning, we are over it because our adventures

are still continuing.

We exited the boat at 9:15 AM and as we were walking towards

the exit of the cruise port heading towards our bus station

destination about a kilometer down the

road be darned if the bus company didn’t have a bus already on site

with a credit card machine handy for those who wished a bus trip

directly into Santiago! For about $8 each we had a top notch bus

right into the city! How convenient!!

I had thought we would just grab the metro to our hotel but the

bus station area was sketchy and for about $15 we caught a

cab directly to our hotel. The cabbie got a great tip as he was full

of information on what to do in the city. By 1 P.M. we were in our room.

A short time later we headed out for a snack which turned out to

be a full meal. Chilean pizza is good!

The hotel desk clerk gave us a tourist map and on it was info for

a walking tour at 3 P.M. We were on it! On this tour were people

from Salmon Arm and the States and so afterwards eight of us stopped

for Pisco Sour’s (local drink). We had a great time swapping info

(they are on a cruise on Saturday with NCL to Buenos Aries).

Tonight we chatted on Facetime with Lisa and Mike/Hannah.