we found a castle

Feb. 3

success at the ATMs today!

things i learned:

1. laundry day= long underwear for elizabeth, no matter how hot it is outside and swim trunks for xavier, no matter how stupid he looks on the street

2. Movistar only sells phones sin contractos.

After two stores, we figure out that we need to go to a Circuit City equivalent (well...not really anymore i guess...) to buy my phone.

3. blend in and get what all the chileans buy from the street vendors. it is good even though it resembles something like grains and canned peaches drowned in brown juice. it is an interesting mix between the sweetness of the juice and the chewiness of the random yellow grains.

4. it is much more fun to wander to what you think is an ancient ruin you see from the roof of your hostel and find yourself in a the midst of a beautiful castillo (castle). even though we kept coming across signs that said peligro, no pase...we kept climbing up and up. when we finally got to the top, we had a wonderful view of the city. it was sad to see how much the smog covered the andes, but it was a good view nevertheless. it turns out this place was very well visited...we just found it an obscure way.

5. Lucuma, whatever fruit it is, is a very good gelato flavor.

6. the bbq at hostels really do work. our dinner was proof!

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