For my first day in Santiago, after a long sleep recovering from severe jet lag and general exhaustion, Carmen booked me onto a bicyle tour with the aptly names
La Bicicleta Verde. The title of the tour that i did was
Parks and Politics and was a great introduction to the politcal history of Chile. I arrived expecting there to be a group of other cycle loving tourists but it turned out i would be peddling solo with my own personal tour guide! I felt quite lucky to have my very own private tour and made the most of it by asking lots of questions. We cycled around, stopping off at important sites including La Moneda (seat of the President), The National Library, Santa Lucia hill and Barrio Paris-London to name but a few. One thing that i found particulary interesting was a small library called Cafe Literario set within both Parque Bustamante and Forestal.
These had been originally set up to improve the publics access to reading materials which due to high taxes were very expensive to buy. Nowadays they function as a great spot to come and read and have coffee in a nice park setting. We finshed the tour by having a nice coffee at a little spot close to La Mondeda and chatted more about Chilean life and culture.
For my first day in Santiago, after a long sleep recovering from severe jet lag and general exhaustion, Carmen booked me onto a bicyle tour with the aptly names La Bicicleta Verde. The title of the tour that i did was Parks and Politics and was a great introduction to the politcal history of Chile. I arrived expecting there to be a group of other cycle loving tourists but it turned out i would be peddling solo with my own personal tour guide! I felt quite lucky to have my very own private tour and made the most of it by asking lots of questions. We cycled around, stopping off at important sites including La Moneda (seat of the President), The National Library, Santa Lucia hill and Barrio Paris-London to name but a few. One thing that i found particulary interesting was a small library called Cafe Literario set within both Parque Bustamante and Forestal.
These had been originally set up to improve the publics access to reading materials which due to high taxes were very expensive to buy. Nowadays they function as a great spot to come and read and have coffee in a nice park setting. We finshed the tour by having a nice coffee at a little spot close to La Mondeda and chatted more about Chilean life and culture.
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