Hola!

This post will be about as short as our time in Santiago! Our flight from Easter Island arrived about 9 PM, and we flew out the next morning. With just one night in Santiago (unfortunately) we made the most of it! We had hoped to stay in Santiago at least 1-2 days but irregular flights to Bolivia (our next stop) limited us to just one night.

Off the Plane and Running!
With only carry on luggage, we can get out of airports quickly. We were staying at a hotel at the airport so we were checked in about 15 min after landing and back on our way. We grabbed a cab and headed for one of Santiago’s top restaurants – Astrid & Gaston.

The Restaurant
The original location of this restaurant is in Lima and has been ranked in the world’s top 50 restaurants. It will be closed the day we will be in Lima so we tried it in its Santiago branch! We first heard about this restaurant last year when working on an MBA project on Brazil restaurants so we were excited to try it!

Our dinner was great! Since people eat very late in Chile, we were right in the heart of the dinner time at 9:30 PM. Here are a few snapshots of our great dinner:

Ceviche… Raw fish cooked in lime juice (Emily wasn’t up for trying this :))

And the finale… Carrot cake with passionfruit covered bananas!

We were greeted in the morning with beautiful views of the Andes Mountains from the airport. While it was a super short stay, we enjoyed our one Santiago outing!