Musings from an airport

We are slightly naughty on this trip. We are using the airplanes as busses. But frankly there is no other doable way for us to travel as Chile is a rather long country and we only got three weeks. So we have to make do for the environment another way. Does the fact that we turned off the heating at home count???

Anyway, we are getting to know the Santiago airport a bit. Yesterday we found out that there are only two places to eat in the domestic airport lounge - Starbucks and a Chilean Cafe. Starbucks being completely discounted we tried the Chilean. It did very nice Chilean burgers - thinly sliced steaks and no mince meat in sight - however it wasn't the quickest. Don't think I've eaten that big a meal so fast in a long time...

We also learnt that the loos are being refurbished. Doh!

When writing this we are trying out the poshest looking restaurant. Mainly because they seemed to have the best wine list. It's not bad. The steaks are tender. They didn't have the wine we wanted though but we got to try a Pinot noir from Casablanca valley instead and it's good for people watching.

We've been watching an importer/breeder of Beagles arriving with three puppies. The puppies were so cute and well behaved. I just wanted to go up and give them a cuddle. We think the bloke came from America or Canada. He was very pleased when his fellow importer finally arrived after having called on the phone about five times. We got a bit concerned though when they left one of the puppies in his cage before one of them returned to pick him up after they had found a place to sit.

We then have the three guys working at the 'wrap your bag' station. Keenly looking for customers they approach most ladies walking past with a jammed packed bag. Are they their typical customer? Once they find a customer they skilfully wrap their bag in lime green cling film. I'm curious how you are meant to unwrap it once you arrive at you destination. Particularly if you're like us and don't travel with a Swiss army knife.


'Wrap your bag' men hard at work...

We have also got to try out the international departure lounge as we flew to Rapa Nui via Lima. Found a good restaurant there with very nice staff. But the best restaurant got to be the one in Lima. Had a delicious beef stir fry where they asked you how well cooked you wanted the beef! It was sooo yummy and cooked to perfection. A bit erratic service though.

Well I do start to feel like an expert on Santiago airport by now.

Chile, 7-21 March