Today was our first free day of the trip and I wanted to make sure that I got to do as many things as possible, so a couple of us woke up early to start the day. First, we headed off to a coffee shop down the street to get some caffeine and had some really good specialty coffees. The shop was kind of like the Chilean Starbucks but it was probably a little bit more fancy and had a wider selection of drinks. After finishing our coffees, we headed over to the mall and on the way, we found another artisan tent, at which we, of course, had to stop. I was excited because I was finally in a really good shopping mood and was able to find a lapis lazuli necklace, copper earrings, and some caramel. It has been amazing to me the number of artisan shopping areas there are here. We stopped at one in Santiago and one at the top of the incline in Valparaiso, there are artisan tents all along the boardwalk, and here was yet another. They all sell pretty much the same stuff but it is really interesting to me that there are so many people here that spend day after day selling their crafts. After finishing up at the tent, Jess and I decided to go back to the boardwalk to do more shopping there while the rest of the group went on to the mall. I didn't find anything to buy at the boardwalk and so after some browsing, we went back to meet the rest of the group.
After finishing all our shopping, we decided to spend the rest of the day sightseeing in Valparaiso. I'm not quite sure all that we saw while there, but it seemed like we walked the entire length of the city. We even decided to take the funicular back up to the top where we were on Tuesday. For me, it was fun because I have ridden the incline Pittsburgh and I have also been on the funicular in Quebec. Now, I can add to my list the funicular in Valparaiso, Chile. After the bus ride back from the city, we tried to find ice cream but because it is Sunday, all the stores closed early and we couldn't find any. However, I can say that I definitely did get a fell-day's worth of stuff done today.
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