Casa Morro

Today we had to move from the lovely Casa Morro - one of my favourite places we have stayed so far. If anyone comes to Santiago they should definitely stay at Casa Morro. The house itself is converted into a B&B but has retained all the traditional features and because it's filled with music and colour and dogs and cats and super friendly people it's like home from home and we were very sad to leave. Walter called around for us yesterday and booked us into another hostel called Casa Bonita which also seems nice, but in a more B&B type way, more formal, not like being welcomed into someone's house... still it seems nice here and we have a lovely big room.

Yesterday we strolled around Santiago - we didn't do anything touristy but I think we are all touristed out, we just ate nice food and looked around the shops. We went to a pizza and sushi restaurant last night but the sushi was a bit expensive so we ordered pizza, the lovely people brought us free sushi anyway which was the best sushi ever. Today we will probably do more of the same and perhaps take in a monument or two, it's too expensive to do too much sight seeing so I think we will just stroll, the cost of accommodation here is pretty high ... although there is a spa which sounds pretty appealing.

The people of Santiago are really nice and I think you're right Dad, the weight of the incas was definitely getting me down in Peru. It's also nice to be out of the desert and although we are in the capital it doesn't feel as polluted here - it feels like I can breath again (physically and metaphorically). One thing we are all really looking forward to is a roast dinner in NZ. We all keep talking about it, juicy lamb, roast potatoes, cauliflower cheese...mmmmm.... and green fields and open space....mmmmm.... NZ better live up to all the hype!!

Here's a picture of Sam with the dogs at the beautiful Casa Morro...