Drinks in Santiago 圣地亚哥的鸡尾酒

虽然在圣地亚哥没有吃到什么特别好吃的智利菜,但是圣地亚哥的饮料和鸡尾酒之类还真好喝。

Although Chilean dishes are not particularly impressive, the drinks and cocktails in Santiago are really delicious.

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Santiago Day 4 圣地亚哥第四天

2022年11月20日 南美洲之旅第四天

今天是在圣地亚哥的最后一天,比较轻松地一天,早上刚出民宿的门就闻到一股烧纸的味道,下楼出了小区的门,看到几辆救火车正在楼下救火!隔壁的隔壁楼不知道什么时候着火了! 我想过去拍几张照片,一个警察拦住我不让我过去。希望没有人员伤亡。

Today is our last day in hot and burning Santiago. It was a relatively relaxing day. As soon as we left our apartment in the morning, we smelled a strong smell of burning paper. We went downstairs and though the outside door of the community, and saw many fire trucks fighting a fire in an apartment right near us! Smoke was billowing out of an apartment and water was being poured onto the flames! I wanted to go over to take some pictures, but a policeman stopped me, with a very visible “NO” -he wouldn’t let me get nearer. Indeed a burning day! Hope there were no casualties.

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Santiago Day 3 圣地亚哥第三天

2022年11月19号南美洲之旅第三天 November 19th, 2022 South America trip day 3

又是很热的一天,今天出门出的早,10点就出发去了圣路济亚山,这座山是一个 1500万年火山的残余,也是圣地亚哥的著名旅游地之一。山现在的样子是由 19 世纪末该市市长所设计的,受法国园林绿化的启发,他决定将这片火山岩石改造成一个优雅的公园,里面有花园、喷泉、露台、凉亭、许多树木以及错综复杂的小径和台阶。

It was another very hot day, so we went out earlier (10am) and went to climb San Lucia Hill – a remnant of a 15 million-year-old volcano, and it is also a famous tourist destination in Santiago. The hill’s present form was designed by the city’s mayor in the late 19th century, who, inspired by French landscaping, decided to transform the volcanic rock into an elegant park with gardens, fountains, terraces, gazebos, many trees and intricate trails and steps.

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Santiago Day 2 圣地亚哥第二天

2022年11月18日,南美洲之旅第二天 November 18th, South America trip day 2

早上醒来已经快9点了,在家的时候,很难睡过超过7点钟,PJG去楼下的超市买了一袋面包做早餐,一切洗漱整理完毕出门已经是12点多了,今天要去圣克里斯托瓦尔山, 是圣地亚哥北部的一座小山, 海拔只有850米,是这里的第三高峰,山顶上有智利天主教会的主要礼拜场所之一,也是智利圣地亚哥的象征。从民宿步行20多分钟就到了山脚下,本打算徒步爬山的我俩,被这个炙热的天气打败了,买了两张往返的缆车车票。

It’s almost 9 o’clock when we woke up. At home, it’s hard to sleep past 7. PJG went down to the supermarket and bought some fresh croissants for breakfast. We plan to go to Mount San Cristobal, which is a hill in the north of Santiago, only 850 meters above sea level, but is the third highest peak here. On the top of the mountain is one of the main places of worship of the Chilean Catholic Church and a symbol of Santiago, Chile. It took more than 20 minutes to walk from the apartment to the foot of the mountain. The two of us who planned to hike up the mountain were defeated by the hot weather and instead bought two round-trip Funicular tickets.

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到达智利圣地亚哥 Arrival in Santiago, Chile

11/17/2022,南美洲之旅第一天 South America Day one

时间过的很快,从5月份的地中海之旅回来后,似乎转眼间,忙季就结束了,这个忙季也是我在事务所的最后一个忙季,找到了一个新工作,这次的南美洲之旅算是作为一段生活旅程结束的一个小小的庆祝吧。 感谢PJG花了一个多月的时间,精心计划这次的旅行。

Time flies. After returning from the Mediterranean trip in May, it seems my tax busy season was over in a blink of an eye. This busy season was also my last busy season at the firm as I found a new job! A trip to South America is a small celebration for the end of my life’s journey through public accounting. Thanks to PJG for spending more than a month carefully planning this trip!

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巴塞罗那最后一天 Last Day in Barcelona

2022年5月28日 星期六 此次旅行的第40天

Saturday, May 28, 2022. Day 40 of the trip.

本来某人把这次的旅行叫做40天40夜,英文中有特殊的意义,中文翻译起来就没有什么故事,总之第40天无法避免地到来了,今天是这次旅行的最后一天。

Originally, someone called this trip “40 days and 40 nights.” There is a biblical reference in English, but I have no related story in Chinese. But in any case, the 40th day inevitably came, and today is the last day of our trip.

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徒步游览 The Walking Tour

2022年5月27日,星期五,此次旅行的第39天

Friday, May 27, 2022. Day 39 of the trip.

本来今天计划去高迪的另一个设计“桂尔公园”去游览,没想到早上网上买票竟然只有下午4点以后的时间段,只能选择明天去了。今天就打算轻松一些,跟着里克·史蒂夫斯的“巴塞罗那城市徒步游览”路线,再进行一次能学习更多信息的徒步。里克·史蒂夫斯是一位美国旅行作家、作家、活动家和电视名人,他有一系列的欧洲旅行的视频和图书产品,其中包括很多著名城市的徒步游览。一共90多分钟的游览,一边走入大街小巷,一边听他讲解历史和背后的故事,还真是收获不少。

Today, we had originally planned to visit “Park Güell”, another one of Gaudi’s designs, but tickets were only available after 4pm! So we choose to go tomorrow instead.

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高迪建筑 Gaudi Buildings

2022年5月26日,星期四,此次旅行的第38天

Thursday, May 26, 2022. Day 38 of the trip.

今天是向著名的西班牙建筑师安东尼·高迪致敬的一天。高迪在巴塞罗那有很多建筑,我俩步行去圣家堂的路上去看了其他两个高迪建筑。

Today was a day to pay tribute to the famous Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudí, who built many of the iconic buildings in Barcelona. We left our Apartment and walked a path to the Sagrada Familia passing by several other Gaudí buildings.

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返回巴塞罗那 Returning to Barcelona

2022年5月25日,星期三,此次旅行的第37天

Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Day 37 of the trip.

起点即是终点,终点亦是起点。今天又回到了此次旅行的起点站巴塞罗那。

The beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning. Today we returned to Barcelona, the starting and ending point of our trip.

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彩绘瓷砖的首都 The Tiled Capital

和很多欧洲城市一样, 里斯本也有很多小巷,但是里斯本的独特之处是它的建筑外墙上的独特的上光彩绘瓷砖。走在这个城市的大街小巷,时不时就会看到用各种图案的彩绘瓷砖装饰的窗口,墙面,整栋大楼, 地铁,教堂。这些多姿多彩,闪闪发光的瓷砖正是里斯本独特的原因。

Like many European cities, Lisbon neighborhoods have many small alleys, but what makes Lisbon unique is the glazed painted tiles on the facades of its buildings. Walking through the streets and alleys of this city, from time to time you will see windows, walls, entire buildings, subways, churches decorated with painted tiles in unlimited patterns. These colorful, sparkling tiles are exactly what makes Lisbon unique.

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里斯本第七天 Lisbon Day 7

2022年5月24日,星期二,此次旅行的第36天

Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Day 36 of the trip.

在里斯本的最后一天,也是比较放松的一天。早上去坐了Tram28,因为时间还比较早,人不是很多,很快就混到了两个座位,不过坐了一圈之后,我对为什么要起大早坐这个老式电车的原因产生了疑问?虽然感受这个电车爬坡穿越里斯本的各种小巷是一种经历,但是完全没必要和人家本地人挤在这个车里去体验这种经历。

The last day in Lisbon was also a more relaxing day. We went to take the Route 28 Tram in the morning as planned, because it was still early and there were not many people, so we quickly got two seats. But after riding it for awhile, I had questions about why we got up so early to take this old-fashioned tram? Although it is an experience to feel the tram climbing through the various alleys of Lisbon, there is absolutely no need to squeeze into this car with other locals for this experience. To be honest, cruising through the alleys on our scooters, although bumpy, was more exciting.

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里斯本第六天 Lisbon Day 6

2022年5月23日,星期一,此次旅行的第35天

Monday, May 23, 2022. Day 35 of the trip.

今天没做什么,买了两张公交地铁24小时通票,每张6.9欧元,包括0.5欧元的卡费。本来打算去坐著名的Tram28,但是看到人比较多,打算明天早上再去坐,然后就去坐了tram15和两个爬坡的缆车,四处闲逛了一会儿。

We didn’t do too much today – we bought two 24-hour transportation passes for 6.9 euros each. We originally had big plans to take the famous Route 28 Tram, but we saw it was packed with people, so we decided to take it earlier tomorrow morning.

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里斯本第五天 Lisbon Day 5

2022年5月22日,星期日,此次旅行的第34天

Sunday, May 22, 2022. Day 34 of the trip.

早上7点多,某人就兴奋地催我起床,要去继续骑电动踏板车!昨天付费的24小时,还剩6个多小时。快速地洗漱完毕,吃完牛角面包的早餐,也没完成昨天的游记,8点多就出门了,还是第一次这么早!

Just after 7am someone excitedly urged me to get up so we could continue riding the electric scooters! We had paid for 24 hours and there were more than 6 hours left. So after quickly washing up, eating our croissants for breakfast, and not finishing yesterday’s blogging, we left at 8 o’clock, the first time to get going so early!

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里斯本第四天 Lisbon Day 4

2022年5月30日,星期六,此次旅行的第33天

Saturday, May 30, 2022, Day 33 of the trip.

今天的天气真的是很完美,凉爽又没有太阳,还有阵阵的海风,给了我俩一个徒步的好机会。昨天吃的太多了,今天早上真的没吃早餐,出发徒步去距离民宿大概8公里的贝伦塔。沿途看到了很多蓝花楹,给里斯本增添很多浪漫的味道。

Today’s weather was perfect for a hike: a cool overcast day with occasional light gusts of sea breeze. We really had eaten too much yesterday and missed picking up our croissants last night, so we had no breakfast this morning.

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里斯本第三天 Lisbon Day 3

2022年5月30日,星期五,此次旅行的第32天

Friday, May 30, 2022. Day 32 of the trip.

有时候我们都会感觉,我们注定要去做或经历一些事情,有时候那些经历或做过的事情,却也并不是我们曾经感觉到的。今天大半天的行程竟然是围绕着一个饭店进行的!可见我这个吃货的本事,哈哈。 每次出来旅行都会在行程之前做很多功课,看很多视频,尤其是关于美食的。看“Somebody Feed Phil”的时候,主持人Phil来到了一个有着美丽景色的独特的饭店 – Ponto Final, 桌椅似乎就要掉进海里的感觉,那浩瀚的大海和背景中的里斯本和4月25日大桥,这个饭店马上就上了我的待做事情清单。

Sometimes we feel we are destined to do or experience things, and sometimes those things that we experience or do are not what we expected. Today, most of the day’s itinerary revolved around a restaurant!

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里斯本第二天 Lisbon Day 2

2022年5月19日,星期四,此次旅行的第31天

Thursday, May 19, 2022, Day 31 of this trip

“传奇的说法是里斯本和罗马一样,诞生于七座山丘中”。1755年的里斯本大地震摧毁了这个城市绝大多数建筑,现在的这座轻松城市的确是建在7座山丘之上。

Lisbon as the legend has it, like Rome, was born on seven hills. The Lisbon earthquake and fires of 1755 destroyed many of the city’s buildings. We found that the city of today is indeed built on seven hills and we climbed a few of them today.

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去里斯本 Heading to Lisbon

2022年5月18日,星期三,此次旅行第30天

Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Day 30 of the trip

今天肯定不能再被地铁抢劫一次,PJG发现这里也有Bolt,只需要5欧元!5分钟到了机场,办理登机的时候,竟然没!有!索要我俩的新冠测试结果!而且美国的CDC的疫苗卡是被接受的!葡萄牙的官方网站明明写着如果不是欧盟或是欧盟合作国的疫苗卡,就需要提供测试结果的!就料到欧洲国家不会严格,没想到这么不严格。一个小时的飞行, 到了里斯本,机场里也没有人检查病毒测试或是疫苗卡!真正白白浪费了71欧元的测试费用!

We definitely didn’t want to get robbed by the subway again today so we found that Bolt is used here too – and just 5 euros to the airport, beats the 11.5 we paid yesterday for the subway!

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去马德里中转 Transfer in Madrid

2022年5月17日,星期二,此次旅行的第29天

Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Day 29 of the trip.

今天又是一个旅行的一天,下午的飞机去马德里停留一晚,当初决定在那里停留一晚是因为葡萄牙的里斯本要求入境游客提供新冠测试,所以考虑到如果万一测试阳性了,去不了里斯本,至少可以在马德里继续我俩的旅程。

Today is another travel day. The afternoon flight was to Madrid for a one night stopover. The decision to stay in Madrid was because originally we were concerned about Portugal’s Covid entry requirements. If we tested positive, we would not be able to go. So this way we could at least continue our journey in Madrid. But, stay tuned!

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马耳他第5天 Malta Day 5

2022年5月16日 星期一 此次旅行的第28天

Monday, May 16, 2022. Day 28 of the trip.

今天是真的什么也没干,除了出去吃个午饭,晚饭,在酒店附近转悠了一小圈,就在阳台上和酒店一楼的躺椅上躺平了。

We didn’t really do much today, except for going out to lunch and dinner, wander around the hotel for a bit, and then lie flat on the reclining chairs on our balcony and by the beach of the hotel. Great Day!

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