This is out in front of the main building of the Universidad Catolica en Valparaiso. The part with the trees is like an island splitting the street. Most of the streets here are one way, which is nice, you only have to check one direction before crossing. You can buy churros here during the day. (please notice the sleeping dog... Chilean cities seem to have a lot of street doggies, and kitties. Josh is always nudging and pulling me so that I don't have to watch where I step)
Can you find the Joshua?
On our second night here, we taught our papá how to play Shanghai, a fun game that we used to play with my grandparents. We' ve played a few times with a different winner each night. Most recently El Viejo won.
This is a view of the little row of souvenir shops along the beachfront at night. But even better was the little Feria Artesanal, kind of like a tiny arts festival that was only there until the 21st. There were all sorts of artists, like a guy who did silkscreen and made cool purses out of mylar and beads (I bought 3, because they were all so cool I couldn't decide). Also there were older ladies who knitted housewares, people who made puppy sweaters, a man who made slippers, loads of jewelry - some glass, some silver, some made of shells and seeds, and a family who made trixie puzzles out of wood. We stayed a long time trying to figure them out.
This is the nice new friend we met there, his name is Kamilo. He's from Bogotá, Columbia and everything he makes is out of shells or seeds or orange peels all curled up and dried. We talked for quite a while, he's so nice and interesting. It was so hard to decide what I wanted to buy, I ended up getting a very colorful bracelet. He paints a little picture on each bag, and let me choose which one I wanted and gave it as a present. He filled the bag with rosemary leaves and flowers along with the bracelet. We hope the fair comes back so that we can talk with him again.
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