Valparaiso, Vina del Mar & Chilean writers

Valparaiso, Vina de Mar & Chilean Writers

Yesterday we took a day trip to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. At first I wanted to spend more than a day in Valpo, but I didn't know exactly what I wanted to see there. I kept hearing how cool it was but not getting any details, so I agreed with the rest of the group just to make it a day trip.
I was excited to go because I had heard Valpo was a cool spot and also one of my favorite writers, Isabel Allende, is Chilean and set a few of her novels there. I wanted to see in person the town that she's so vividly written about (by the way, I recommend her book Daughter of Fortune, which is partly set in Valpo. It's a very good read.) After walking in streets of Valpo I could see how her descriptions of the city shaped the characters and the overall stories in her books. It was kinda cool to see in person what I had imagined in my head.