Frank's Visit - Day 3

Saturday, we got to sleep in a little bit. I went to pick up Frank around 8:30, and we headed to Cerro San Cristobal, a large and beautiful park in Santiago. As the teleferico (cable car thingy) didn't open until 10, we took our time exploring the Japanese garden and talking. My camera decided to work again, so we have pictures of that. We then bought our tickets to the teleferico, and took our first ride up the hill. About half way, we stopped and got off to explore Jardin Gabriela Mistral, which is like a huge playground. We walked around that for a while, and then continued up the hill. We stopped for a quick snack of ensalada de palta (avocado!!) and drinks, and then hiked up the last leg of the hill to see the statue of the Virgin Mary of Santiago. From the top, we could see all of Santiago, which was breathtaking. We then headed to the artisan fair and bought souvenirs :) Took the teleferico back down the hill to the bottom, and set off walking to the metro, which we took back to Providencia for lunch. We decided to try Domino, a famous hot dog place. After Frank's first vienessa Dinamica (a hot dog smothered in avocado, mayonnaise, tomatoes, green salsa, and Americana [which we're still not 100% sure what it is, but it has something to do with carrots]), he was in love and had to have another one, a desire which was shortly granted. We also enjoyed two large glasses of pineapple juice, which consists solely of juiced pineapple - amazing! After lunch, back to the Santiago version of Bravissimo for ice cream (just a chocolate cone this time), and then to the grocery store for party snacks. We headed over to church where the iconography class was throwing a Fiestas Patrias party, so we brought our snacks to that. Frank got a chance to meet a few of my friends there, and we had a good time talking and watching some of the students dance cueca (I even got a chance to try!). Then it was dinner time!! For nostalgia's sake, we opted for sushi (pronounced "suchi" here) and headed to this place one of the lady's at church recommended - great idea! The restaurant had just opened, so we were the only one's there, and the food was to die for. The best sushi we had ever had! And plenty of it! Then it was back to bed to rest up before church on Sunday.