Vina del Mar - dia numero cinco

Today I woke up saying good morning to my fiance! Still getting use to that one, but don't worry I'm not complaining :) We ate our extremely large breakfast again but saved some meat and bread for a little snack later. After packing up our room, we made our way to the water. Kyle has never been anywhere and not touched the water before...so obviously it was a must. While he embraced the absolutely freezing water and stared longingly into the ocean, I screamed like a little girl and went sprinting for dry land! Very similar to the way we are at Bethany Beach - I'm getting better though. After Kyle got his fix of the amazing ocean, we went back to Casadoca - taking in the last views and saying our goodbyes to Concon, a city that will always have a special place in our hearts.

We made our way back up the windy, hilly roads to catch a local bus to Vina del Mar - about 20 mins from Concon. The buses here require you to move pretty quickly. You pretty much jump on while its moving - doing this with a 50lb pack is quite the accomplishment. I'd just like to note that my pack is lighter than Kyle's :) Still so proud of my packing. Once we hopped off the bus (literally) in Vina, we walked along the coast to find our hotel. We are staying at the Sheraton - thanks to Bain! Of course, it is beautiful. There is a beach right next to the hotel, so we spent most of day there. The weather was incredible!!


Kyle got inspired by the other people in the water....so he braved the cold and took a dip in the beautiful Pacific. My excuse not to get in was that someone needed to capture that moment - it worked out quite well. The look on his face when he came up from going under was priceless and definitely did not persuade me to take a dip. We laid on the beach for quite a few hours enjoying the view and watching the locals - pretty much in heaven. After a while, we decided to venture into town to find some lunch. To be completely honest, aside from the beach, Vina is not very impressive. We got spoiled by Valparaiso and Concon (two places that have so much character and things to offer). Vina is extremely commercialized and is almost a little bit dirty. After grabbing some quick fajitas that were quite delicious, we headed back to the beach to find our happy place again :) Watching Kyle at the beach is one of my favorite things...he gets a look on his face, similar to the way that he looks at me, that just makes you smile. It was extremely relaxing and exactly what we both needed.


Once the sun started going down, we made our way back up to the hotel room to capture some photos of the sunset. One thing that we really wanted to accomplish from this trip was spending some time with the camera and getting great photos - it is something that we both love and have a passion for. And it is makes it even more interesting and exciting to learn from each other and experience it together. I think that we ended up getting some amazing shots of the sunset and the waves crashing on the rocks. We were so full from lunch, and probably our dinner from last night, that we decided to skip dinner. We just listened to some spanish music, talked, and drank some delicious Chilean wine...preparing for our big day tomorrow in Cascada de las Animas and early pick up at 7am. Ready for the next adventure!

See the rest of our pictures here! (https://picasaweb.google.com/Kyle.Joseph.Simmons/VinaDelMarDay5?authuser=0&feat=directlink)