 Our abode, the Ecohostel Offenbacher Hof |
 Offenbacher Hof courtyard |
 Pascual, the greeter at Offenbacher Hof |
 The flower clock in Viña del Mar (it actually worked) |
 First night in Viña, sampling some Carménère (Miguel Torres, Santa Digna) at the Moros y Cristianos restaurant just off Avenida San Martín |
 Machas a la parmesana at Moros y Cristianos |
 Next night dinner was at El Rincon de Greda - Robert enjoying some reinete fish |
 View looking north from along the beach at Viña del Mar |
 View looking north from along the beach at Viña del Mar |
 Up the coast a bit, at Reñaca Beach; some cabañas nearby - would stay here next time |
 Drove north on the Ruta del Mar (Pacific Coast Highway :-) to Isla Cachagua to see the penguins |
 Isla Cachagua |
 Isla Cachagua, just offshore an hour or so north of Viña del Mar, featured penguins (Humboldt and Magellanic), bunches of other birds, and sea lions |
 Robert surveying the Isla |
 Isla Cachagua, bit of a gray day |
 Los Coirones (the penguins) restaurant |
 Penguins, a pisco sour ... Robert is a happy man |
 Great little restaurant on the beach |
 After lunch, a latte to recover from the pisco sour |
 Easter Island, meet the mainland |
 Isla Cachagua, once the sun came out |
 I'm here! I'm on the globe! |
 Rocky coast with the Isla in the background |
 Third dinner in Viña, at A Mano - awesome burgers! |
 And beer for a change, instead of wine |
 So we had burgers and papas bravas (fried potatoes w/ spices) |
 Liza's burger ... goat cheese, arugula and strawberries ... seriously good (Robert's was blue cheese, walnuts, arugula, caramelized onions) |
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From Viña we drove south to Curicó, in the central valley... |
 At the Altos de Lircay National Reserve, couple hours to the south, east of Talca more or less, looking for higher altitude bird species |
 Nice enough walk, but kind of struck out on the birds that day |
 Consolation empanadas were enjoyed here |
 Robert waiting for his empanada :-) |
 Another charming bus stop |
 Quick photo out of the car while on the highway - Viña San Pedro winery! |
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