Day 10: Santiago to Chicago
Today is the day for all you loyal blog readers who have ever asked us if we would like to take a “normal” vacation! You know, like “hang out at the pool” or “go to a sky deck… Read More
Category: Santiago
Day 9: Santiago
With a late night yesterday, we slept in today — but still managed to catch the end of the hotel breakfast buffet from about 10-10:30am. Plenty of (delicious) yogurt, granola, and pastries, but, alas, scrambled eggs were only… Read More
Day 8: Tierra del Fuego to Santiago
We woke up this morning nice and toasty because Matt and Matias (but mostly Matias after 2:30am) kept the stove burning throughout the night. Having packed our bags yesterday, we enjoyed a relaxing morning with coffee and were… Read More
Day 2: Santiago to Punta Arenas
First order of the day — early wake up and walk across the street back to SCL. We arrived by 6:30 am and checked our bags. The airport is currently undergoing construction to improve the domestic terminal (much… Read More
Day 1: Chicago to Santiago
We’re off again on another spring break adventure. This time, we are embarking on Explora’s ‘Expedition’ to Tierra del Fuego — which will involve traveling between remote areas with rural accommodations. First step… getting there! During the planning… Read More
Day 10: Santiago to Chicago
After yesterday’s late night of travel stress, we slept in a bit today at the United-provided Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Santiago. But! We also intended to wake up in time for the free breakfast and take advantage of… Read More
Day 9: Patagonia National Park to Santiago
We had an early wake up call today in order to depart Explora and be driven to the Balmaceda airport in time for our afternoon flight. We enjoyed one more breakfast and said our final goodbyes. We hopped… Read More
Day 2: Santiago to Patagonia National Park
This morning started with a 4:15 wake up call at the Santiago Airport Holiday Inn. We quickly got ready and walked across the street to the domestic terminal. While we know the check-in area can get very crowded… Read More
Day 1: Chicago to Santiago
We are off on another spring break adventure! This time, we are headed to Patagonia National Park, home of the final Explora location we have yet to visit. To start the journey, we made our way to O’Hare… Read More
Day 15: Santiago
Our last day in Chile was nice and relaxing. We slept in and went to breakfast. Today we employed all the secret buffet hacks we learned yesterday, such as where to find the espresso machine (mmm, mochacinos) and… Read More