Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales & Isla Magdelena

It's so nice to be out of the city! Punta Arenas was uneventful as Carl mentioned, except for a really yummy restaurant (Torques), where we literally ordered one of everything on the menu. My favorite was a guacamole salad with wheat berries. The penguin trip was amazing!

 This was making breakfast on a park bench in Punta Arenas this morning since no restaurants are open on Sunday mornings. I'm getting pretty sick of breads and pastas. Looking forward to LOTS of meat and veggies when we get home.

 The yellow corner building was our hotel, The Plaza Hotel. I should have taken a picture of the key. It was ancient, and the only way to lock your door was to lock yourself in with it. This also made me realize that there were no smoke detectors!!

 Finding he replica of Magellan's ship was super cool since Carl recently read a book about Magellan's journey (Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen). The kids were more interested than I expected. The tour included an audio tour in English which I really enjoyed.

After driving two and a half hours to Puerto Natales we were running low on patience. So we sat in our warm car while the kids ran around in the FREEZING cold. This park reminds me of the playground on the north shore of Lake Tahoe because of it's amazing views. 

Driving all around town looking for our hotel (because Google maps didn't have streets) we found a smoldering fire station that had burned this morning!!

The stray dogs are everywhere, and some of them are very cute. This one (which the kids named Ginger) followed us all around town while I tried to convince Carl to get the kids a puppy for Christmas ;) 

Couldn't resist taking a picture of this street which must be very happening when it's not a Sunday afternoon- it was lined with bars and strip clubs. 

The hostel that we are staying at is great, Alcazar. The kids did some homework tonight while Carl and I enjoyed some wine. 

-Stacy