Saturday, April 25, 2009

Vina del Mar, Chile

Today was a lovely day here in Vina. Our hotel is wonderful and we have a magnificent room with a wrap-around terrace facing the ocean. We had a fabulous breakfast at the hotel at a table overlooking the ocean. Then we put our walking shoes on and walked on the malecon, the seaside walk or boardwalk, for miles. The waves were huge and we watched them breaking on the rocks as we walked. After that we wandered over to the local mall for a while. We went shopping and bought two bottles of the local wine, which is very good.

In the afternoon we met up with two other couples who are on the cruise and staying at the same hotel. We met at poolside for a few laughs and agreed to meet for dinner. We just returned from a lovely dinner at a restaurant we remembered from two years ago when we were here last. The food was just as good as we remembered and we had a fun time. We asked for a late checkout tomorrow so we can still enjoy this lovely little town.

The weather has been perfect. Cool at night (in the 50's) and warm during the day (in the high 70's). We couldn't have asked for better weather. We are looking forward to getting on the ship tomorrow in Valparaiso.

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