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| Never did figure out what this was |
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| Not to disparage street food, but the hand-cranked ice shaving machines everywhere were interesting |
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| Hearty fare |
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| Most of these shops were around the Plaza de Armas |
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| Mussels |
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| Pizza is the most adaptable of food |
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| Leonardo-style pizza? |
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| KFC struggling to keep pace |
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| You saw it here first: meat-filled wraps with Cheetos...crunchitos! |
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| One evening we walked over to Bellavista and a nice restaurant, Elado |
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| And had perhaps our most decadent meal yet; here the remaining grilled provolone so beloved in Argentina and Chile |
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| My Arrullado Huasco...pork loin baked in a huge roll of pork fat; two full-grown potatoes that I didn't even touch |
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| Her enormous steak au poivre |
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| Enough frites for a family; it's the portion-sizes that are decadent |
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| The art work all around was great |
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| Another day we went to the Central Mercado, which is these days pretty much seafood market and restaurants |
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| Still life |
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| 19th century market building |
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| Several restaurants |
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| We opted for a little hole-in-the wall place |
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| Where I had the best ceviche ever, a whole meal, mixed fish and shellfish; not pictured: Vicki's frites; the menu advertised both chicken and beef dishes, but the waiter said they really don't do anything but seafood... |
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| Not sure which way they face in the southern hemisphere... |
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| If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it |
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| Side chapel for the Queen of Heaven/Mother of God/etc. |
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| Oculus in an aisle dome |
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| Dome above altar |
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| Crypt, here used as a cemetery of bishops, other ranking church officials |
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| Altar |
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| "4-3-2...we have ignition sequence...-1-0...we have lift-off..." |
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| Santa Lucia of the Andes; real flowers, too |
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| Vicki asked me to delete the comment here, but you were probably thinking it anyway |
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| Skewering another Protestant |
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| Sic transit, Gloria...the former Bishop's Palace now with fine gift shoppes |
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| Palm trees all over |
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| A fortune teller tries to interest a construction worker...benign interpretation... |
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| Pony rides |
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| Better pony rides |
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| Nice Carabineros |
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| Massive sculpture in the Plaza |
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| Street food vendors everywhere |
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| Chess in the shade |
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| The Elvis impersonator calls it a day |
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| But not without offering a little chess advice |
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| Interesting buildings here and there |
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| Sort of Art Nuvo |
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| Filming for a soap or a movie or whatever |
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| Motels in Chile rent by the hour... |
