We are in Valparaiso, Chile a port city on the Bay of Valparaiso on the Pacific Ocean. The photo above is the entrance to our new home, Bellavista Cottage, named after our neighborhood, Cerro Bellavista. The neighborhood is a bohemian enclave on one of the many hills overlooking the sea. Our cottage is part of a group of apartments built on a parapet on the hill.
That is our building at the top of the photo with beautiful murals on the side facing the ocean. Bart, the owner of the apartments met us at the gate at 5 o’clock in the morning when our plane arrival had an unexpected change in plans. We went to bed and at 11 a.m. he came back with breakfast. Bart, his wife Marcela and their little son, Dante Max live on the top floor of the building at the top of this photo.
We have our own patio with a peach tree bearing the most delicious peaches in the world. I had one right off the tree on my first day here.
There are two bodegas in the streets next to our house. So stocking up on groceries is easy, though the walk up and down the eighty steps in the stairway is daunting.
Valparaiso is built on steep hills with funiculars running from the bottom to the top of the hills. Each hill is a different neighborhood with a different character Cerro Concepcion, Cerro Alegre, Cerro San Juan de Dios, Cerro Florida and more.
And here are some of the views out our front window.
How lucky we are to have found this wonderful home away from home in Chile.
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