After the smogginess of Santiago we were keen for some fresh sea breezes, so we headed to Viña del Mar, which is a few hours away on the coastline. We decided to stay put here for the final 2 months of our trip (with one final excursion to come before we fly home).

We were lucky to find a beautiful apartment 5 minutes away from the beach, with lovely sunset views each night. Nelly and Clementine started another pre-school, and as usual they flourished and thrived amongst their new friends. In fact, some weekends they actually complained that they'd rather be in school than hanging with us on the beach...

We occupied our time by starting work on some new side-projects, snoozing on the beach, and sampling the local restaurants a few times a week.

All in all, it was a fantastic spot to spend some time for the last stretch of our 12 month adventure.

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Overlooking Viña del Mar - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Overlooking Viña del Mar
Facepainting on a rainy day - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Facepainting on a rainy day
The artist within - Viña del Mar photo gallery
The artist within
Foggy night - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Foggy night
Sunset from our balcony - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Sunset from our balcony
When in Chile... - Viña del Mar photo gallery
When in Chile...
Viña del Mar beach is beautiful at sunset - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Viña del Mar beach is beautiful at sunset
Spot the difference - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Spot the difference
doggies at the beach - Viña del Mar photo gallery
doggies at the beach
Glo on the slackline - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Glo on the slackline
Cheeky - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Cheeky
Hermosa mariposa - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Hermosa mariposa
Boozy Chileno lunchtime - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Boozy Chileno lunchtime
On their last day of school, the girls' teachers gave them some lovely gifts - Viña del Mar photo gallery
On their last day of school, the girls' teachers gave them some lovely gifts
Nelly at her pre-school - Viña del Mar photo gallery
Nelly at her pre-school
the dunes at Concón - Viña del Mar photo gallery
the dunes at Concón
the dunes at Concón - Viña del Mar photo gallery
the dunes at Concón
No fear running down the dunes - Viña del Mar photo gallery
No fear running down the dunes