Valparaiso on my mind…

April 13, 2010, 1:32 am
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valpo valpo valpo… chile’s second largest city… cultural capital… unesco world heritage listed… and the place i called home for the first year and a half of my life… with its maze of steep hills (cerros).. its numerous stairways (escaleras)… its colorful and crumbling houses (it has survived various earthquakes after all)… and its extensive collection of street art both chaotic and contemporary… traditional and poetic… political… this a city that one definitely does not find difficult falling in love with… and with a massive thank you to my aunt who has done a great service in maintaining her connection to valpo… i am blessed with the opportunity to still call the house my mother grew up in ‘my valpo home’… so if you ever find yourself in this part of the world its a place i strongly recommend you visit… go on get lost in valparaiso…