Los Dominicos

 On our final day we took the subway to the furthest stop to Los Dominicos.  It's the cutest market!  On the weekends there's also a farmer's market.  It's a shopper's paradise.  I was in search of a Chilean nativity and gifts for me kiddos.  I found everything and then some.  Chile is known for its copper, so I got a copper nativity.  My mom got me the coolest one ever.  A man makes nativities on the end of match sticks.  It's amazing!

Meanwhile, Little Man was busy taking videos of all the cats he came across.  There are so many in Chile! I've decided he should be called the Kitty Whisperer.

Meanwhile, I had the best meal of the trip at Los Dominicos.  Chile has a beautiful drink - Lemonade with mint and ginger. Yum! I had Consuela which is a form of a stew, and it was delicious!

Other fun food experiences while we were here: We had a Childean brunch the first morning we arrived.  We got to try a bunch of typical Chilean foods right away. I took a picture of the explanation not realizing I cut off the end, but the drink has a dehydrated apricot in it with barley.  It's a bit much of me, but it's supposed to be the national drink called Huesilla.

The money is very pretty.

We also tried Chile's version of sushi.  It's actually imitation crab or fried chicken wrapped in avocado or a sweet mayo.  It's quite tasty.

When we went to the Plaza de Armas we had Empanadas and Completos (hot dogs with toppings).

Would you like some hot dog with that mayo??  I had to wipe a bunch of it off, but the bun is toasted to perfection, and it was very good.

We had baked and fried empanadas.

At the top of St. Lucia we had yummy gelato.  I had pineapple mango with yummy chunks in it, and Little Man had Nutella gelato.  

All of these flavors of Alfajores from Los Dominicos were delicious.

We also ate Peruvian food one of the nights. So good! (more mint and ginger lemonade)

We had so many fun experiences!