Museums, museums, and more museums

Our last touring day in Santiago was one of my favorite educational experiences on our trip. Personally, I am a big fan of tours and museums, and was happy to hear we were going to see some more. First, we toured the Pablo Neruda house, something I had been hoping to do during my time in Chile. His home in Santiago was fantastic! I, for one, am always down for a good audio tour. The audio tour for his home was really interesting and was particularly useful for myself considering I don’t speak Spanish. I love touring houses of famous people because I feel as if you can understand someone on a deeper level by seeing how they lived in their own personal homes. Pablo Neruda’s house taught me many things about the author that I did not know about prior. Because of my love for Europe and travel, I really enjoyed the European influence and his odds and ends he collecting during his travels. I also love unique houses and his was so windy and appealing to me. The mosaic art in the courtyard was one of my favorite parts of the house. We also visited the memory museum that day. I really liked this as a final museum, because it really summed up what we had been talking about the entire trip. This museum was very modern and interesting and I especially liked the media aspect. I thought it was very moving to be able to hear the speeches and see the riots and brutality on actual footage. It is so much more inspirational to hear and see it than to just read about it. All in all, as a museum nerd, this was one of my favorite days of the trip!