Someone just told us to put our camera away. Cause we might get it pickpocketed. There's literally people everywhere.
Definitely is the most populated city center that we've seen. Delicious. It's too scary I don't think.
You go. Call me the president of Chile. Hi, everybody.
We're starting out today in the center of Santiago in the Plaza de Armas. Yeah, it's super lively. There's a ton of people, bunch of stands and really important governmental buildings that we're gonna explore.
Let's do it. This definitely seems like the biggest plaza I've been to in a while. There's so many people.
It's so grand. There's so many trees, there's fountains, statues, stands, selling things, caricaturists. It's like, what more could you have in a plaza?
I guess to say all of Santiago was too long. So now they just have Stgo. Stgo.
Stgo stgo stgo stgo I think I'm the fastest person in the world saying that. Behind us, this guy on the horse, that's Don Pedro de Valdivia. We just read on the plaque over there.
He is like, he was a spanish soldier, but then he eventually fought for Chile and kind of freed them. Crazy. Cool stuff.
Alrighty. Now we're going to the metropolitan cathedral of Santiago. It already looks beautiful from the outside, so I wonder what it looks like from the inside.
Oh, my word. There's like a service or something happening. Singing and the organ's playing.
Okay. We've been in a lot of cathedrals in our day. Never has the organ actually been playing.
That is super cool. I love going to cathedrals. It's always so beautiful.
So many intricate carvings and beautiful colors. The soft lighting, it just creates a very peaceful vibe. It's very pretty.
The bigger, more ornate they are. You can tell, like, the size of the catholic religion sort of in the country. This is huge.
Catholicism is probably huge in Chile. Welcome to my country! Thank you.
Well, that was cool. Yeah, I really enjoy this area of Santiago. It's very lively, beautiful.
Loved the group of four people drumming. They were all like little one man bands. Cause they had three drums and then combined, it was just like a.
Like a party. There's literally people everywhere, and it's a Wednesday afternoon. I'm so honestly confused by how many people are out in a right now.
Isn't it a work week? Definitely is the most populated city center that we've seen, I think even including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires. Oh, perfect.
This has way more people. It feels like we're in New York or Tokyo or something. Two birds with 1 st.
Get a load of this plan. Reyka has to pee. I want coffee.
The bathrooms here cost 800 pesos, which is like a dollar. Not paying that. We're gonna get a coffee for that price.
And we can use the bathroom. Feel better? Yeah.
Coffee shop's called Haiti. I don't know if this is haitian coffee. Delish.
Should we go to the plaza next? Yeah, all done. Do you use the Internet when you travel?
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Now back to Santiago. We are now at the Plaza de la constitución, and behind me is the Palacio de la Monera, also known as the president's office. It's so spacious.
It's not as crowded as the Plaza de Armas. There's a lot of people just chilling on the lawn. A ton of chilean flags.
There's 21 total. It's crazy to me how similar the Chilean flag and the Texas flag are. Like, put them right there.
Aren't they crazy? Similar. It's just like one of them has the blue stripe all the way down.
Love a good flag. He's a flag guy. Yeah, you're a statesman.
Stateswoman. Future stateswoman. Call me the president of Chile.
We are in the Library of Congress, which serves as the information center for the Senate and chamber of Deputies here in San Diego. Super cool and we're gonna go try to find the oldest book in the library. Oldest book I found in there from 1899.
It was, like, falling apart. Had scotch tape. Super cool.
One big first impression of Santiago is just how lively it is. I don't know why we didn't think it would be lively, mainly just because we haven't seen this active of a city yet in South America. But this is crazy.
There's people everywhere, cars everywhere, hustle and bustle throughout Santiago. They have some of these streets that are painted colorful rainbow colors. So fun.
It's like Rainbow Road and Mario Kart, you know? Yeah. Ah, clutter.
Okay. Someone just told us to put our camera away because we might get it pickpocketed. Two people, actually.
They, like, ran up and told us we were filming. Gonna have to watch out for that. Now we're in the Mercado central, Santiago.
A lot of action, tons of stalls. Someone told us to put our camera away because it might get pickpocketed. So if you come here, be careful.
All sorts of fresh produce, good vibes. Danger, sir. Danger, sir.
Another guy just told us to put away the phone. So we're inside the central market now, and there seems to be a lot of restaurants, particularly seafood restaurants. I'm not seeing a lot of treats or anything.
Basically produce outside and seafood inside, and classic. A bunch of tourist goodies right behind us. Yep.
Kind of stinks in there, doesn't it? Yeah. Floor's all wet.
Cool, though. Awesome to see, like, the commerce going on. That was the most people I've ever had tell me to put my phone away in the public place.
Yeah. Yeah, we've had it before. It's common, but, yeah, I have an iron grip on this puppy right now.
Alrighty, so we got some tres leches cake, which is a common dessert here in Chile. Three milk cake. That's what it translates to.
I'm so excited. Yeah. It's literally so dank.
I wonder if it's different than other countries. Yeah, because it's also popular in other latin american countries too, including Spain, which is, like, just a latin country. So, like a Europe.
Yeah, Latin. You guys don't want to be over there. Yum.
Look at this. Ooh, it just slides like butter. Yum.
Mmm. Wow. So creamy.
It just melts in your mouth. I've never had cake just melt in your mouth. Delicious.
Sweet, light. It's not super heavy. I'm really enjoying this cake.
I'm sure that's not just your cake. Mm hmm. Wow, man.
Cake is just. I love tres leches. Cause it's so moist.
You know how a lot of cake can be kind of. It's just like dry. This is just full of sweet milk.
Okay. We're about to walk off the St. Lucia hill.
Looks like an entrance to an Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Sick. Let's do it and not die when we cross the street here.
All right. Cool stuff. That is a cool tree.
It's too scary, I don't think. You go. If it's really cool, I'll be looking.
You'll see the video. Yeah. Okay.
They made it up here. A bunch of people, but amazing 360 degree views of Santiago. It's crazy how big the mountains are over there.
There's another hill right there. See the whole city. Even like the little people down on the street.
Super cool. Reyka, whenever you see this, I get why you didn't come up here. But it's pretty cool.
One thing I'm noticing while being up here is how big Santiago is. I'm pretty sure 6 or 7 million people are here. You just see skyscrapers forever.
Super cool. There's the view. There's Reyka.
Hey, how you doing? It even skeeves me out a little bit here. Bring some paint.
You can put your name right there. Yeah, probably not supposed to, but you could. Pretty, isn't it?
Yeah, it's nice. It's free too. It's free.
Totally free. You gotta love free. This overlook is actually really beautiful.
It's crazy how the Andes mountains just circle all this city. It's beautiful. Yeah, beautiful.
It's true. Alright, guys, last thing on the list to do today is to try and chilean food. I have been waiting for several days to try this dish.
I'm super excited. It's called Chorrillana and it has like everything that I love. Steak and french fries.
It also has eggs too on top. It'll be great. Today was a good day.
Really was. Santiago is awesome. Gracias.
It's art gracias. All right, everybody, this is Chorrillana. It has sunny side up, eggs on top, meat, onions.
It looks like sausage in the middle. And then on the bottom, a whole bunch of fries. My favorite.
I'm so excited. All right, I got a little bit of everything. Delicious.
The fries are crunchy. The meat is cooked to perfection. Onions are delicious and add a ton of flavor.
Let me add it with sausage. Mmm. The sausage bursts with flavor as soon as I eat it.
Delicious. Then the eggs on top, it just breaks open and it's amazing. So oftentimes Reyka orders a lot of food I get the leftovers?
I'm a vegetarian. So this mountain of food right here, that is all Reyka. Wyatt ended up eating a ton of my fries This food was insanely good.
You guys gotta try Chorrillana Look where it is again. We're back where we started. Full circle.
Stgo. With its warm, welcoming plazas, delicious food and lively vibe, we can now confirm that Santiago, the bustling south american metropolis, is truly a city worth visiting. Thanks so much for watching.
We'll see you next week.
