We spent New Years Eve in Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, Chile, a port town where they set off many fireworks for New Year´s visible from all over town. We sat on some rocks by the ocean and were able to see at least three groups of fireworks from 12am to 12:30am. Notably:
-We made a small child cry out of envy for some fruit we bought at the market: shiny green grapes and red cherries. We gave him a bunch of grapes.
-We rode up a hill in a funicular, which is basically a diagonal elevator (you might remember it from the movie ¨The Motorcycle Diaries¨).
-We found this amazing dress shop off of Cerro Concepcion, a hill on the western side of town, and did some late holiday shopping.
-A drunk guy followed us from the rocks at 1am and didn´t leave until Eric yelled at him.
-In our infinite wisdom, we decided it was fine not to book a hotel for New Year´s Eve since we´d be out most of the night and prices were astronomical. So we spent 5am to 7am in a 24 hour McDonald´s, which at the time was full of drunken teenagers.
-Some Chileans drank until well into late morning the following day.
-It was our two year anniversary, and the second New Year´s in a row we spent on a beach looking at fireworks. 
Fireworks in Valparaiso.
Fire in the sky.
Half of Santiago was in Viña del Mar.
Double bicycle in Viña del Mar.
Cool sand sculptures.
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- Fireworks in Valparaiso.
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- Fire in the sky.
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- Half of Santiago was in Viña del Mar.
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- Double bicycle in Viña del Mar.
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- Cool sand sculptures.
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- Eric made me.
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- Tina doing her best Mary Tyler Moore impression.
Happy New Year Eric and Tina!!
My sis forwarded your blog site to me and you guys have some amazing pictures and videos.
I especially liked the one when you went down the zipline…looks so much fun.
Hey, you guys ever thought about going on “The Amazing Race”?
Take Good Care of each other and Be Safe…God Bless.
Awesome new year’s celebration. I spent the night on a ship in San Diego, the USS Midway.