Like Spain and unlike the USA, they eat dinner around 9 or 10 pm at night. However, we were exhausted so we went out looking for dinner around 7 pm. There are very few restaurants open on Sunday night in Santiago. People tend to eat at home. The hotel directed us to a neighborhood a few blocks away with many restaurants where we had a fine but forgettable meal.
After dinner, we went for a walk and found a more vibrant city. The city is very sleepy for much of Sunday but at night the sidewalk cafes are overflowing with people. We found a bunch of storefront- style restaurants serving things like crazy potato dishes and weird waffle dishes. We chose poorly. We should have eaten at one of the sidewalk cafes or just wandered around to the various storefronts.
We had an interesting discussion with the guide yesterday about the phrase "Americans." The people of Latin America find it mildly annoying that the phrase "Americans" always refers to the people of the USA. He says they refer to us as North Americans or United Staters.
We went for a long walk this morning. Later this morning, we fly up to Atacama Desert for the "outdoorsy" portion of the trip.
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