January 24th - Last Day in Santiago

Glad that we went out for a fabulous dinner last night at Peru Gustoso because we are not allowed out tonight!  Dinners out have been fabulous and very inexpensive...$65 for an appetizer, 2 entrees, a bottle of wine, desert and coffee....including tip.

I went out early today to explore the Parquemet Parque Metropolitano de Santiago and climbed part-way up Cerro San Cristobal, the third highest peak in the city.  If you make it to the top, you will see a statue of the Virgin Mary looking over the city but with temperatures in the high 80s, you want to get back by late morning...plus I didn't want to miss breakfast!

The park is nearly 1800 acres, making it one of the largest urban parks in the world.  It includes 2 beautiful public pools, a Japanese garden, a zoo, a cable car and a funicular.  

After returning to the hotel, I enjoyed breakfast and a few hours by the pool before I had to check in with Gate1/Hurtigruten.  They were very well organized, collecting all of our immigration paperwork and giving us yet another PCR test.

Hurtigruten is really making every effort to ensure we have an uninterrupted cruise.  They sent us off to our room with a glass of wine and asked that we stay there for the rest of the day.  They have created a "bubble", limiting contact with others outside of our cruise.  Tonight we got a delicious room-service dinner, complete with a bottle of wine.