It's good to have all the things settled: I paid the bill in USD and got the change in Chilean pesos in good rate; confirmed that a staff would arrange a taxi for me early in the next morning. Then I got back to my room for relax, watched part of the Bohemian Rhapsody movie in the evening.
I rose up early in this morning, took a taxi ride to the rodoviario at 5:30 am, trying to get back to Santiago at an earlier time such that I could attend the reserved palace visit as scheduled.
As the 5:45 am bus was full, I could not get changed but take the 6:15 am ride. As it was early in the morning, the roads were clear and the bus got into the capital very soon. Many people got off at Pajaritos but there needed to have a quite a long walk to the Metro station nearby, I remained at the bus and reached the terminal at Alameda, from there I took the metro going to Los Heroes, to leave my luggage at Happy House Hostel. Then I walked all the way to Palacio de la Moneda.
The visit started at 9:30 and I managed to arrive 15 minutes earlier
Courtyard of the palace
There were a few groups in the arranged visits
We gathered around a displayed table with many valuable coins reflecting significant events.
Ball room for the elected president to say their vows and to be appointed
A young helper acted as my translator / guide for this tour around, and a female soldier
Outside of the palace
Plaza de la Constitución - a campaign to arouse public's concern to do more exercise
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