Here are some of our favorite photos from the trip (each photo is a thumbnail linked to a higher quality picture.):
1) Sky platform, Costanera Center, Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - We arrived in Santiago, Chile early in the morning after a miserable 25 hours of travel. However, despite the lack of sleep we came out of the airport ready to maximize our two days in Chile's capital city. We started by taking a taxi to our hotel so we could drop off our bags in their luggage room. We didn't want to waste any times so we hit the ground running (or at least walking). Our first stop was to wander down the (very ritzy) street to find caffiene and to orient ourselves. Just a couple of blocks away was Costanera Center - home to the tallest building in South America, Gran Torre Costanera. What a great way to visually orient! We paid our tickets, took the elevator to the top 61st floor and got a panoramic view overlooking the whole of Santiago. Wow!
2) Sky platform, Costanera Center, Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - The open architecture of the skywalk is beautiful and the views going all the way around the tower are fantastic!
3) Museo Ralli, Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - After coming down (figuratively and literally) we set out to find the nearby Museo Ralli - turns out nearby is very relative and we ended up walking for an hour to find it. Fortunately, it was worth it. Lots of interesting modern Latin American art along with a modest collection of European modern art icons. After getting some culture we found a neighborhood Empanada place for lunch and a second dose of liquid caffeine. After fueling up we tightened our boot straps and walked all the way back to our hotel.
4) Bellavista Neighborhood, Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - We had booked a bicycle tour of the downtown area for the afternoon and got back to the hotel with a tight window between checking into our room and checking in for our tour so it was Uber to the rescue. We arrived exactly on time and immediately jumped on bicycles and started pedaling. Our guide Stefano was terrific. A self professed leftist with a long history of political activism and protesting. He was very informative about the political history of Chile from the 1970s to today. We rode our bikes from public park to public park and political building hearing lots of stories about the horrible time between Allende's election through Pinochet's coup and then the more recent governments that are dealing with the bloody and tragic aftermath from the last 50 years.
5) Emporio La Rosa, Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - One of the highlights of the bike tour, and a tradition on any vacation with Jamie, was trying out the local ice cream. Our guide recommended a spot that he claimed was the best ice cream in Chile. Well, we couldn't pass that up now could we? More taste testing was required to determine if it was truly the best but it was quite good and as a huge bonus they had sugar-free ice cream so Jonna could try some as well.
6) GAM (Centro Cultural Babriela Mistral), Santiago, Chile, October 30, 2023 - In addition to being a political activist, our bicycle tour guide was also an architecture student so we visited some really interesting buildings on the tour including GAM (Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral) which is both beautiful architecturally and ground zero for the history of the Allende and Pinochet governments. We got a free city map after the bike tour and decided to walk to a highly recommended vegetarian restaurant. A hint to fellow travelers - always check the scale of the map! The short distance on the map turned out to be quite long - longer even than our morning hike! Still we got to see more interesting parts of the city and got a feel for Santiago. Sadly, we didn't get to enjoy the amazing vegetarian dinner because when we finally reached the restaurant it was closed! Argh! This lead to another long walk and a short metro ride to get us back to our hotel's neighborhood. We stumbled (again metaphorically and literally) into the closest restaurant and lucked out completely to find it was quite good. Score! We dragged ourselves the 1/2 block back to our room were we could finally shower and collapse into our beds. We had a great first day under our belts and could still walk in the morning so we could do it again.
7) Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Museum of Memory and Human Rights), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - We had another busy day exploring Santiago but this one was a long walk through history more than yesterday’s physical trek through the city. We slept in a little later than usual when we travel mainly, mainly so we could recover from all out walking, but we still made the free hotel breakfast before heading out the door for the day’s adventure. After gaining an appreciation for the metro we headed straight there to get across town rather than defaulting to walking. The metro is cheap, clean and convenient - hop on, change trains and then hopped off right at the museum that was to be our first stop - the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. Out in front of the museum was a photo exhibit by the Brazilian Journalist Evandro Teixeira documenting the turbulent political protests in Brazil in 1964 and in Chile in 1973. The photos were very powerful and provided additional context for the museum.
8) Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Museum of Memory and Human Rights), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - This museum is dedicated to the 1973 coup ousting President Salvador Allende and the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
9) Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Museum of Memory and Human Rights), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - It is a heavy topic and a gut-wrenching experience but offered a very thorough coverage of the bloody two decades that resulted from the government run by the military Junta. To me the most striking section was a long hall that listed the various legal edicts issued by the Junta immediately after the coup restricting books, limiting topics taught in school, stripping away rights for minorities, shutting down the media, increasing the power of the police and criminalizing protests...but that stuff would never happen in *OUR* country. Right? Uh, right? Anyway, we ended up spending two hours in the museum and we were all moved when we left. Especially by the central monument dedicated to the disappeared - a wall of photos of all the people who have never been found after disappearing during the dictatorship.
10) Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - We walked quietly back into the metro and back-tracked a few stops to head to our second destination - Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art). This museum shows the archeological artifacts of the native peoples of the Americas - starting with the earliest evidence of humans arriving (presumably via the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge and down through Central America - around 10,000 years ago through to the arrival of the Europeans in the 1600s. One floor was dedicated to just Chile with a second floor dedicated to all of Mesoamerica. There were some incredible pieces - much better than I’d previously seen at other exhibits on these places and these peoples. We spent an hour going through the whole museum and all appreciated the experience.
11) Cerro San Cristóbal (San Cristóbal Hill), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - Loaded with both culture and history it was now time to load up on food. We walked a couple of plazas in the center of town until we found a very local bar which seemed to be the hot spot for the local white collar workers - a fish restaurant called Bar Nacional. No english spoken here - not even a token attempt. You deal with the rapid fire Spanish from the servers or you move along. We all out our heads (and ears) together (along with slyly using Google Translate on the electronic version of their menu) and figured it out. The food was good and we felt (almost) like Chilenos. A perfect choice to add to our day’s education. Next up we were back on the metro and again back-tracking. We exited near Plaza de Italia and walked back to where we started the bike tour yesterday but this time we headed to Parc San Cristobal - a big hill that sticks up out of the center of Santiago and which is topped by a four story tall statue of the Virgin Mary. We took the funicular train to the top where we got a 360 degree panorama similar the the view from atop the Costanera tower but this time surrounded by trees and birds and flowers rather than a shopping mall and office building. There was plenty of the churchy-church, given the statue, but walking a few steps away easily put that out of sight. We had planned to walk to a Japanese Garden on the top of Cerro San Cristobal but then discovered the garden was down at the base so we hopped on a long gondola system that traverses the hill and drops down on the east side. When we got off we discovered that the garden wasn’t open yet for the spring so we had to abandon that idea.
12) Cerro San Cristóbal (San Cristóbal Hill), Santiago, Chile, October 31, 2023 - Since we were now on the bottom of the hill closest to our hotel we decided to walk back. Because it is spring here the hill and yards of houses in the residential areas were covered with flowers. The scents of jasmine, jacaranda and bougainvillea filled the air! Quite a contrast to Colorado where it was snowing when we left. Our route sent us past Costanera Center again so we stopped inside to partake of the religion of consumerism to pick up a patch for my backpack and a pack towel Jamie could use on our upcoming hikes. Today is Halloween so the mall was packed with middle school and high school kids showing off their costumes (and buzzing with candy energy). Errands completed, and with the sun shining, we walked the rest of the way back to the hotel to take a short break. Our final outing for the day was joining one of Jamie’s high school friends for dinner - he has spent the past 20 years visiting and then living in Santiago so we got to spend a pleasant evening enjoying some delicious Peruvian food at a restaurant and hearing stories about life as a Santiago resident. I think Jamie enjoyed spending time with an old friend and we all had a fine evening together... and like true Chilenos we were out until late. We dragged back into the hotel after 10pm and started re-packing our bags.
13) La Chascona, Santiago, Chile, November 1, 2023 - Today was clearly a day of two halves and those halves were in two different countries. We were up early with the goal of seeing a little more of Santiago before our mid-day flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We packed our bags and grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel before jumping on the metro to return to the base of San Cristobal hill. There, nestled on a side street, was La Chascona - one of the homes of the Noble Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda (along with his mistress and later wife Matilde Urrutia.) We did the tour and, thanks to the English audio guide, learned quite a bit about Neruda’s life, his taste for decoration and his opposition to Pinochet. The audio guide also provided interesting information about Urrutia and her life, including her successful efforts to restore the house after pro-coup protestors heavily damaged the house after Neruda’s death in 1973.
14) La Chascona, Santiago, Chile, November 1, 2023 - The house has a quirky multi-level design and had equally quirky decorations so it was fun to walk into each room to see what interesting details jumped out at us. After an hour in the house we decided we had time to walk back to the hotel so we headed to the long park that runs alongside the Mapocho River. It was nearly noon but threatening rain clouds kept it cool so we walked fast to keep some body heat burning. We made it 2/3 of the way back before running out of time which forced us to divert to the metro for a couple of stops to stay on schedule. We got back to the hotel with 10 minutes to spare for the noon check-out. Just enough time to grab our bags and use the hotel wifi to call for an Uber to the airport. We made it to the airport with plenty of time to check our bags and grab a take-away lunch that we ate on our way out to the gate.
15) Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays (Buenos Aires Botanical Garden), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - Buenos Aires may be situated right next to the sea but our first day in Argentina it was as wet as if it were located *in* the sea. From when we woke up this morning until we walked back into our hotel that night it was raining. Not a super heavy rain but a constant medium rain with intermittent wind squalls coming in off the ocean. As a result, we spent the entire day in various states of damp. Nonetheless, we didn’t let a few raindrops deter us. We were out the door mid-morning and on the go until well after dark. We started off walking to a money exchange which is on the edge of the city district we were staying in. We all had good rain jackets, wet weather hats and waterproof boots but within a few blocks of leaving the hotel my light hiking pants were soaked through. The downside of these thin pants was that a cup of water completely drenches them. The upside is that 30 minutes indoors mostly dries them out. ...and thus was the pattern for the day going from soaked to dry and back again. We went into the Western Union leaving a small river of water behind us but the clerk didn’t bat an eye. We exchanged a small stack of crisp, new $100 bills for a gigantic stack of tattered pesos. We had so many bills we had to distribute them into many different pockets to carry them all. It would be borderline comical if it didn’t represent a very real economic crisis for the Argentinian people. Next we heading into the neighboring district to visit the Buenos Aires Botanic Garden - a large park in amongst a bunch of other parks that run along the coast as the eastern edge of the city. Unfortunately, the people who oversee the park didn’t foresee some crazy Americans wandering through their park in the middle of a rainstorm and had closed the place due to inclement weather. We walked the long loop around the outside looking in through the iron bars of the fence but couldn’t wind through the huge garden inside.
16) Jardin Japonés (Japanese Garden), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - However, we don’t give up easily and kept on walking through this giant green belt to the Jardin Japonés (Japanese Garden) which thankfully was open. It was also filled with ponds and streams and fountains so our being completely saturated with water just helped us feel more connected to the environment. We walked through but honestly I wasn’t as into it as I have been at other Japanese Gardens. This one was larger and felt, at least to me, more modern than traditional. Or maybe I was just too waterlogged to appreciate it. As we exited we saw a super fancy coffee shop a block away and sloshed our way there. Inside it was warm and they had hot tea and tasty avocado toast. We stayed for nearly an hour! By the time we felt reenergized enough to head back out we were all mostly dry. Maybe a tad damp in places but basically comfortable. That state lasted about two blocks before the rain had soaked our pants once again. This time we had a half hour walk to our next stop and once again gave into our oneness with the storm.
17) Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - When we reached our next destination, the Museo Nacional de Belles Artes, we found the marble floor of the entrance about a 1/2” deep in water. The museum is free and lots of people were taking advantage of a warm, dry space so there was more water being tracked in than the staff could mop up. We, unfortunately, added to the problem by bringing a gallon of water in each carried in our pants legs. I actually went into the bathroom to wring out my pants because I felt guilty splooshing around in such a fancy place. We spent an hour and a half going through the entire museum. They had a nice variety of art but my favorites were the native Argentinian artists just because I wasn’t familiar with them.
18) Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Arts), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - But there were also collections of famous European old world masters, French Impressionists and a smattering of famous modern artists as well. Overall a nice museum and a great place to be on a rainy day. Once again I was mostly dry by the time we left but carrying around my rain jacket had spread the water from the outside to the inside so it was cold and clammy when I put it back on. We walked out the front door into the heaviest rain of the day and I was drenched immediately. Jonna and I raised the white flag of surrender at this point and voted to take the subway back to the hotel. Jamie is made of tougher stuff and decided to walk (or maybe swim?) back through the pouring rain. We ended up arriving within 10 minutes of each other but I’d gotten another dry/drench cycle walking to the subway, riding the sauna hot subway for half a hour and then walking a 1/2 mile back to our hotel. We all took hot showers, put on dry clothes and then played rock-paper-scissors to see who would go back out to run a few necessary errands. Jonna ended up with the pharmacy & grocery store run while Jamie and I got to walk half a mile to drop off our dirty clothes at a laundry service. This time I dug my hiking rain pants out of the gear duffle and wore them. Wow, what a difference. If only the inside of my rain jacket wasn’t soaked by then I’d have been warm and snug. We all met back up and relaxed in the hotel room for 45 minutes waiting for the earliest of the restaurants to open for the evening (Argentinians eat late which meant finding a place open for a 7:30pm meal can be very challenging.) We read good reviews for a pizza place called Siamo Nel Forno and headed there. Another 1/2 mile but it was a much lighter rain so we arrived relatively dry for a change! The food turned out to be fantastic and having a warm pizza oven heating the place was a big bonus. We lingered over dinner enjoying it all and then walked back a different route to see a little more of the neighborhood. We are going to bed tonight ducking under laundry lines we have strung up around the room hoping to have dry jackets, hats and boots for tomorrow... because the forecast calls for more rain in the morning!
19) Plaza De La República, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - Feliz Cumpleaños to my Brother-in-law Jamie! This was a special day because, for a change, we got to celebrate the birthday in person i with Jamie - exploring a dynamic and energetic city, tasting fine food and getting plenty of exercise. All Jamie’s favorite things. We started by sleeping in a bit later than usual before taking advantage of the hotel’s free breakfast. The reason for the late start is that we had scheduled a walking tour of the city for 10am. Our guide Diego met us at the hotel and arrived right on time. Thankfully, the forecasted rain did not arrive on time so even though it was overcast it was dry! We started our tour as we walked out of the hotel with Diego diving into the history of this neighborhood, national history, politics, food recommendations and cultural differences unique to the Argentinians. It was immediately apparent that Diego is very good at his job. We walked through the Palermo neighborhood to the subway stop on the edge of the district and then jumped on a train to the city center. Once in the old town we stood in Parc Lavalle and got a deep dive into the history of Argentine. Then Diego pointed out the key buildings like Teatro Colón and the Supreme Court building. From there we went to Ave 9 de Julio which is the main grand avenue of the city (and the widest avenue in the world!) The famous feature here was the Obelisk which is a symbol of the city.
20) Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - Next was a walk to Plaza de Mayo which is in front of Casa Rosada - the Presidential offices. Here we talked about some thorny political issues, current protests by the Mapoche indigenous peoples and a weekly protest by mothers and grandmothers about children that were illegally taken from female prisoners during the 1976-1983 military Junta and adopted out. Every Thursday since 1976 women have gathered in front of the Casa Rosada to ask for the government to find the disappeared children. 50 years of peaceful, heartbreaking protest. A powerful image!
21) Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2, 2023 - Next we walked over to the Rio Dique - a canal dug at the beginning of the 20th century to bring the port of Buenos Aires closer to the city center. However, it was short lived because the US financial crash in the 1920s also crashed Argentina’s economy which meant there was no money to keep the canal dredged and it silted up. That left a long port area filled with abandoned warehouses and bankrupt shipping offices. In the 1980s the area was redeveloped and is now the most expensive residential district in the city. While walking around the hip lofts and fancy restaurants it started to sprinkle rain so we backtracked to a nearby bus stop and hopped a bus over to the Recoleta neighborhood where we saw some of the ultra-expensive homes that were built back in the 1880s and 1890s during Argentina’s Golden Era (when, thanks to a beef trade that supplied much of Europe with high quality meat, Argentina was one of the ten wealthiest countries in the world). Some of the surviving homes from this era have now been turned into swanky hotels, museums and embassies. We walked into the lobby of the Park Hyatt, a repurposed beef baron’s home, and it was as opulently decorated as a Hapsburg palace or a French manor house. We ended our tour in Parc Recoleta and the previous four hours had covered a lot of ground - both physically and historically. We couldn’t have been happier with Diego as a guide - he was excellent and kept the pace and conversation at the level we were willing to go. Terrific.
22) MARTi Barra, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 3, 2023 - To celebrate Jamie’s birthday we had reserved a late lunch at a highly acclaimed vegetarian restaurant called MARTi Barra and the tour ended just in time for us to walk the four blocks and check-in on time. The restaurant combined traditional Argentinian plant based ingredients with innovative interpretations of international dishes. We had delicious homemade breads for a first course, each with a different dip. Then two small plate entrees each for the main meal. All of them were interesting and tasty. We ordered different dishes and shared them between us and each had a different favorite. A great way to celebrate a special day! With full bellies we decided to walk back to the Palermo neighborhood rather than hop the subway.
23) Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays (Buenos Aires Botanical Garden), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 3, 2023 - This allowed us to do two things - first, we got to walk through the Botanic Garden which was closed when we tried it yesterday. Second, we went past the laundry place where we dropped off our dirty clothes last night so were able to retrieve them en-route. By the time we got back to the hotel we were quite tired but it had been a good day. We rested for a while and then Jamie ran back out to get a haircut.
24) Helados Daniel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 3, 2023 - Normally, we would call it a day at this point but this is a birthday and there was no way we could call it finished without celebrating with some ice cream. Fortunately, there was a Helados Daniel just a few blocks away so out we went. Yum, that was definitely a good decision. Jamie had dulce de leche and cappuccino crisp. I had maracuyá (passion fruit) and mixed berry (raspberry, blueberry and blackberry). What a perfect way to finish off the day! I think we did a pretty good job of helping Jamie have a special day.
25) Mamuschka Chocolate, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4, 2023 - The first part of the day was a travel day so we got up, packed our bags, ate a quick breakfast at the hotel and then got picked up for a drive to the domestic airport in Buenos Aires for our noon flight to Bariloche. Everything went smoothly and by 3pm we were finally on the ground in Patagonia and being driven into the Andean tourist city of San Carlos de Bariloche (also known as just "Bariloche"). This city is known as "Little Switzerland" and the name is apt. It is perched on the shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake and is completely engulfed by Nahuel Huapi National Park. Both the lake and the city are surrounded by snow covered mountains and, in the winter, this area is a popular ski destination. In the summer itinerary is a hotbed of mountaineering and trekking. This spring was marked by late season snow and the mountains are still covered in white. We were told it was snowing here last week but the clouds cleared out today making it a beautiful sunny day. All the locals were out in t-shirts and shorts soaking up the vitamin D. One bonus to the foul weather last week is that a huge annual food festival called Bariloche A La Carte was supposed to run last week but was extended for a few days making today the final day. After we got checked into our hotel we immediately walked the two blocks to the central park to buy tickets. Before going in we did a loop down the main tourist strip to look in the world famous chocolate shops. Jonna found some 100% cacao, sugar free chocolate which she says was incredible.
26) Puerto San Carlos, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4, 2023 - We walked along the edge of the lake back to the food festival enjoying the stunning views of the mountains all around us.
27) Bariloche A La Carte, Park, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4, 2023 - Back at BALC we got our arm band and complimentary cup then waded into the mass of tents filled with a huge number of vendors selling everything from snacks to small plates to samples of dinner entrees to microbrewed beer to specialty wines.
28) Bariloche A La Carte, Park, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4. 2023 - There were also two stages with DJs spinning dance music and a different stage with a jazz band crooning soothing tunes. We walked the whole place before choosing some items for dinner. We sat outside listening to a DJ and watching all the young families dancing on the grass. We stayed for nearly two hours before heading back up the hill to our hotel, stopping at a grocery store you pick up some items on the way.
29) Puerto San Carlos, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4, 2023 - After a short break in the hotel we went back out to walk a bigger loop around town and ended up returning to the BACL to check it out after dark. We sat out and listened to some more music until 9pm when we decided to get back to the hotel to prep all our gear for our first hiking excursion tomorrow morning. Patagonia gave us a beautiful, tasty and groovy welcome!
30) Rio Limay, Dina Huapi, Argentina, November 5, 2023 - This was our first taste of hiking in the Andes and the hike we did took up most of the day. We got up early - partly to prepare for our hike and partly because the traffic (people and vehicles) was loud starting around sunrise. Apparently today is a religious holiday and the more devout Catholics got up early to walk a 10 mile pilgrimage route up into the mountains to pay homage to "The Virgin of the Snow". It was an apt time to do it because the late season storms have left the big mountains on the western edge of town covered in the white stuff. It was going to be a walk of dedication today for the pilgrims because it was raining, windy and about 40 degree out. Those conditions forced us to change our hike and we went east rather than west for our day of hiking to climb a peak called Cerro Villegas. We had great weather and rather than slogging through snow our hike started with a lovely walk along the Rio Limay.
31) Cerro Villegas, Dina Huapi, Argentina, November 5, 2023 - Hiking Cerro Villegas rather than the Andean Peaks turned out to be a wise choice and we ended up with glorious blue sky and sunshine over the mountain as we hiked. We saw guanacos, Red Hawks, Andean eagles and four beautiful Andean condors. The 360 degree panorama from the topic was outstanding!
32) Cerro Villegas, Dina Huapi, Argentina, November 5, 2023 - There was an Argentinian flag flying on top of Cerro Villegas so I got to grab an artsy shot with snow-covered peaks in the background and the wind whipping the flag out in the foreground.
33) Cerro Villegas, Dina Huapi, Argentina, November 5, 2023 - This is a shot of Jonna looking out to the east over the rolling hills that turn into the flat grassy pampas which run all the way to the Atlantic coast hundreds of miles away. The low-lying clouds show just how lucky we were to have a hole of bright-blue sky directly over us on the mountain!
34) Cerro Villegas, Dina Huapi, Argentina, November 5, 2023 - We had a spectactular moment on the peak when a fully-grown Andean condor swooped by underneath us maybe 50 feet away with its massive wingspan allowing it to sliently glide on the thermals along the edge of the cliff. Unfortunately, that happened so fast I couldn't get a photo. Later we saw a few more but all much further away. I took this photo of a condor high up in the sky above us just to document that we saw some but the tiny spec in the middle of the photo is nothing compared to the awe of seeing that first one fly by so close to us!
35) Manush Centro, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, November 4, 2023 - We ventured back out in the evening to try the much recommended restaurant Manush that is directly across the street from our hotel. The food was delicious and the portions were positively gut-busting. After gorging (we surprised ourselves with how we attacked the table full of food - clearly we were craving calories after our hike) we walked another loop around town. Tonight is the last night of the Bariloche Al A Carte food festival and it is ROCKIN’ - literally thanks to multiple DJs and a lively punk rock band in the various stages. Now we are back in the hotel taking care of Internet and listening to the punk band through our open window as they belt out energetic tunes. On closing night the festival ran till 1 or 2 am but the Ramones and Misfits covers didn't keep us awake so no problem for us!
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