Category: Santiago

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!

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.

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.

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.