The itinerary for the show

Someone just posted, asking about our itinerary. Frankly it’s a little harder than you’d think to scare up the final itin, it was changing up until the last minute. But this one is pretty close:

[My comments in the brackets -- you thought I could resist commenting?]

Thursday, January 29:

Arrive Santiago
Meet Chile Tourism Tour Guide
Depart for at Grand Hyatt, check-in, etc.
LUNCH
Free time to explore Santiago
Individual on-camera interviews with writers
Welcome dinner with Guillermo Rodriguez
Night out Bellavista Area (www.patiobellavista.cl)

Friday, January  30

Depart for San Antonio Valley Wine Country
Visit Vina Matetic Winery (www.matetic.cl)
Visit Vina Casa Marin for Wine pairings/Sheep Cheese Tasting (www.casamarin.cl)
Enjoy Vina Casa Marin Spa Treatments
“Picada” Lunch at El Sauce  [we never made it here]
(www.labuenavida.cl/content/view/402656/LO_ABARCA.html)
Isla Negra/Pablo Neruda Museum [Excellent, totally worth the time]
Depart for Valparaiso
Dinner
Lodging at Casa Higueras, Hotel Zero, Latitude 33 Sur [Those were the three hotels, I was in Casa Higueras...room 19. The rest of the hotel is GREAT. Less expensive and clearly the nicer was Hotel Zero where Jimmy and Andrew stayed. Shira's hotel was a glorified youth hostel in a great neighborhood. ]

Saturday, January 31 (THIS DAY OF ACTIVITIES HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED)

Writers “Free Time” to explore Valparaiso [I went off wine tasting to the Casablanca Valley because I have been to Valpo many times...but it is a GREAT city. Worth 2-3 days if you have the time. ]
•Fishmarket
•Funiculars
•Alice in Wonderland Cemetery

LUNCH at Café Turri

Rodeo or visit craftspeople making pottery, leather, lapis jewelry
Writers learn to dance the Cueca

Boat Cruise of Harbor

Dinner
Night Out – El Cinzano, La Piedra Feliz

Sunday, February 1

Flight to Punta Arenas [Just not the back row]
Lunch
Depart for Isla Magdalena penguin rookery [Not as bad as I made it out to be, but not great either. Just my opinion.]
Dinner at Remezón
Overnight at Hotel Rey Don Felipe [Eh, there are better hotels in Punta Arenas.]

Monday, February 2

Leave for Torres del Paine
Breakfast at Hotel Ruebens
Arrive Cerro Lodge Guido [So beautiful, a ranch that has hotel rooms. Really really charming.]
Tour Estancia and Hotel
Gaucho Sheep Dog/Herding Demonstration
Horseback ride w/Gauchos
Lamb BBQ [So so so good.]
Depart for Torres Del Paine (Visit Salto Grande, Mirador Cuernos, see guanacos, Laguna Amarga, Administration Office
Dinner & Lodging at Patagonia Camp [Spot where I kill the mosquito]

Tuesday, February 3

Kayaking at Lago Grey around icebergs [Again, amazing]
Rock climbing at Lago Sofía (visit rock paintings) [Chantal also made it up the mountain. Andrew and Jimmy passed on it. Just to be clear. Only Shira and I were shown.]
Visit Milodon Cave [Where we had that last meal]
*Individual on-camera writer interviews (3)

Wednesday, February 4 (THIS DAY OF ACTIVITIES HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED)

Wild horse domination demonstration at the local rodeo
Gourmet lunch with great-grandson of Herman Eberhard (1st Pioneer in region) after crossing the Eberhard Fjord
Enjoy the spa services at Hotel Remota, lectures, etc.
Bicycle ride to Mount Rotundo [None of this happened on camera]
Dinner & Lodging at Hotel Remota
*Individual on-camera writer interviews (2)

Thursday, February 5

Depart for Punta Arenas
Final lunch in Punta Arenas
Flight to Santiago-US

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