Mote con huesillos

Today we left our neighborhood and went to see some more of the city.  The big day trip was to a part of the city called Bellavista, which is where the Chilean University Law School is located.  The zoo is also there as well as a gorgeous statue of Santa Maria at San Cristobal hill.  To get there, we took the metro, which is pretty clean, easy to figure out, and efficient.  The problem was lack of elevators and the fact that we of course had a stroller in tow.  Boo to that let me tell you.

On the way from the metro to the hillside, we went over a bridge covered with little padlocks.  We had no idea what it was until we got back to the hotel and saw this on CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/05/16/pkg-foster-lovelocks-in-uk.cnn&hpt=hp_mid&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F). Guess this is a thing I have never heard of, but is pretty timely.

To get to the top of San Cristobal hill you have to take a tram up a pretty steep hillside, and at the top there is a great view of the city (see pics below).  Again though, even after the tram, lots of steps + stroller = very annoying!  We should have brought a very cheap umbrella stroller or a baby backpack (neither of which are sold here under twice of what you would pay in the states as we learned today...)

 

On the tram up the hillside

 

Lots of trees and foliage, so it doesn't even look like we are in the middle of the city!

 

At the top, the city was difficult to see in the pictures (of course I left my camera in the hotel and had to use my phone)

 

Family pic

 

View from the top.  Note the layer of smog and you can barely see the Andes in the background.  This made me realize how huge Santiago really is.  It just kept going.

Last but not least, our treat of the day - mote con huesillos.  Everyone was selling them and drinking/eating them at the top, so we had to partake.  It looks completely disgusting, but it's actually sort of a dessert and not bad. Sadie loved it.  (It is basically a sweet peach-flavored drink with cooked oatmeal at the bottom.  The brain-looking thing is a full peeled peach with the pit still inside).