The fourth largest City Park in the world is Parqumet Park in Santiago. It is basically a small mountain, Cerro san Cristobal, and within its borders you can find a zoo, two pool, a funicular, a cable car, a chapel, a statue of the Virgin Mary a few places to eat, hiking and biking trails and much more. We had already visited the zoo and ridden on the funicular so today we were cable car riders. We had to take a bus up to the station and then got the all day ticket. $7 USD for the two of us. We first rode down and then all the way up and then half way down again. In between all that we stopped for a fine lunch. We took the bus back down to where we started. Our uber driver was a singer and he played some of his music for us on the ride. His name is Gabriel Fuerza and he was pretty good.
We woke up to the Paris alarm clock! This building likes it wine.
I am seeing a theme here in Santiago, make wine not war!
The Aubrey Hotel at the base of San Cristobal
We had to take a bus up to the top of the hill
Because the funicular is closed for renovations. It is 100 years old after all
One of a rare points along this road that had a railing
The Costerna building in the background
We are up there and the wind is blowing
Criss crossed with trails
Some odd amusement park along the road
With lights
and metal gates
Pulling into the station
The cable car travels between two different peaks, here we are heading over the first one
On to the second peak
A statue of the Virgin Mary is 22 meters tall, I can remember when she was just this tall
Everyone is wearing their masks everywhere, both inside and outside
Lots of very cool flowers
The chapel was very nice
Simplicity
More flowers
The statue , the Chilean flag and one of many antennas
A towering figure
A life sized nativity scene
Carved out of wood
It is weird that Christmas is in the middle of summer, but that is the southern hemisphere for you
Some lunch
A painting of the funicular many years ago
I got tongue in a cream and walnut sauce and Leslie got chicken and creamed spinach
The indicator for the men's room
The ladie's room
Tiny city scapes
We saw parakeets in what may be a nest
Our restaurant for lunch. The group in front were having their Christmas banquet with gifts and everything
No helmet on this skateboarder! He was flying down the hill.
Future singing sensation
