Monday, May 25, 2015

no scrubs

My spinster honeymoon is coming to a close...I'm at the Santiago airport, waiting for a flight to Houston, followed by a flight to LAX, followed by a flight to SFO. Today was extremely low key; Joann is most definitely sick, and so we basically lazed about for as long as we could keep the room this morning. We left the hotel around 12:30 and wandered around the neighborhoods near our hotel; this might have all gone differently if any of the museums were open, but they're all closed on Mondays, and so there were very few things we could do without exerting ourselves.

But we climbed the hill up to Castillo Hidalgo, an old fort overlooking Santiago, and we walked around there for awhile. Then we went to Starbucks to hang out and rest. After that, we wandered through a market focused on artisanal goods; there were a lot of leather goods that I coveted, but I refrained. We had a late lunch at Cafe del Opera, which was next to a fancier restaurant by the same people. We didn't quite know what we were ordering, but I had some slices of roast beef that were delightful, and Joann and I shared a carrot omelette thing that was tasty (although not tasty enough to finish).

After our late lunch, we wandered around some more before finally realizing we'd seen every street within the neighborhood our hotel is in. So we went back to the hotel, used their wifi with shameless abandon, changed into travel clothes, and left for the airport around seven. Our driver was quite nervous that we were going to be late, and also quite covered in cologne, but we made it to the airport early and didn't pass out from his manliness, so it's all good.

And now I'm going to eat something, hang out with Joann in the vip lounge (we're business class to Houston, so hopefully you won't have to listen to me bitch about non-fanciness tomorrow, but I make no guarantees), and then get on the plane. Next stop is the U.S. and my new life as a self-employed person....buenos noches!

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