santiago, chile

Time to relax
We were excited to get to Chile. Mainly because we had pinned this country as our designated stop to relax. But we are travelling and not working, why do we need time to relax? Believe it or not, while travelling is fun and exciting, we have constantly had to be on our toes for the past 8 months. We have had to find our way in a new town or city every few days. Nothing is familiar and it can sometimes be stressful just to find food. Not only that, but it's easy to feel the pressure of finding things to do that will make the most of your time in that place before moving on. So there is a lot of research, bag packing, bag carrying, buses, taxis, dirty hostels, uncomfortable beds, shared bathrooms, shared kitchens, maps, confusion and all kinds of preparation. And that's what we were excited to let go of.



We rented a modern Airbnb apartment with our own clean kitchen and comfortable bed. We decided to let go of doing all of the "Must See!" tourist destinations and "Top Ten Things to Do In X City!" lists. We decided to just live there for a week. We went to the beautiful local markets which were abundant in fresh fruit and vegetables, cooked home-made meals everyday (except for a couple of sushi parties we had on our balcony) and got into an exercise routine. Oh and we hit up a couple of wineries as well just to make it feel all the more like home.