Sightseeing and a Class: Day 4 Tuesday, March 9, 2004

We went to the hill where the city of Santiago was originally founded. The beautiful Santa Lucia hill is now a park in the central part of this great city.

Cerro Santa Lucia is a picturesque place with many nooks and cranies. There are numerous paths and many, many steps to climb to reach the top of the hill, but all along the way, the views of the scenery and of the city make it worth the effort to climb.

Several of the structures on the site are reminiscent of its historical origin as a fort for the defense of the city in its very early days.

Den couldn't resist shooting a cannon...

with his camera.

Artie couldn't resist holding an L on the handrails as he climbed up some of the steps.

		Margy happily waited in the cool shade, keeping Cari company while the fellows checked out the view from the lookout at the very top. She was glad that Cari wanted to stop when we got so high without the comfort of 2 handrails.
Den thought that this up-close-and-personal 360° view of the central part of Santiago was worth the climb!

As we took a different path down from the top, we enjoyed seeing rainbows. Wow, did Den find the gold at the end of the rainbow?

	One of the sights, as we looked down from the hill, is the handcrafts market, under the curved line of billboards. This is a must stop for Chileans and tourists who want to find gifts and handcrafted items at good prices, so of course, we had to stop there and do some shopping!

On our way back to Artie and Margy's, we stopped in to see Artie's office . It was a good opportunity to see where he works.

After having some water and catching our breath and waiting for the inevitable photographs to be taken, Artie introduced Den and Cari to many of the people he works with.

In the evening we all went to the first class of a 3 session program on Leadership Skills at a nearby school that teaches English to adults. Artie has been enjoying volunteering at this school, using many of the same materials that he used when he was teaching in the business school at a local university earlier in the year. It's fun for him to be doing it in English rather than Spanish now!

Evidently he can really sink his teeth into his topic! Artie uses props and exercises to make his points memorable.
We all enjoyed seeing him in action and hearing what he had to say!