Day 28: Afternoon in Las Condes — Super Bowl on an iPad thanks to a VPN

by Ted · Published February 3, 2019 · Updated February 5, 2019

A Slow Sunday Morning

Late night with new friends last night so we took it easy this morning
I did a little exercise while Willa played on the building jungle gym and explored around the courtyard.
Went for coffee and learned whole neighborhood starts slowly on Sundays. Many places were closed so I hit the Lastarria Starbucks. Coffees were fine but the croissant I got for Margaret was example #46 that Chileans don’t really do food all that well. It had gone stale 2 weeks ago and was rock hard. I took a bite and literally had to spit it back in the bag.
Met Margaret and James at the pool, then had lunch in the apt followed by 90 min of schooling.

Afternoon in Las Condes

We took the Metro to Araucano Park
A bunch of families there trying to stay cool in various fountains and pools
Checked out the bike park ramps and half pipe
Then met new friend Patrick Mork and his two kids. Pat is another intro from HBS friend Alex Wit. He’s recently moved from Silicon Valley to Santiago.

Kids played Taka-taka (foosball) while adults chatted in the shade near a pickup hoops court. Interesting to get Pat’s impressions of this city after 4 months: modern city, functions well (downside here is that some areas are soul-less); high quality of life, lots of entrepreneurial opportunity, food is meh.

Dinner and a Swim

Made our way to Paseo El Manio for Tex-Mex and margaritas at Rosita Comida. Willa’s new fave order is fajitas.

We hadn’t stopped sweating since we got out of the pool at 11am so we decided to grab a quick pre-bedtime swim. Really fun.

VPN Super Bowl

I realized 5 minutes before kickoff that the CBS streaming didn’t work in Chile. Not sure why. Did some googling and realized I had to purchase a VPN (virtual private network… basically a piece of software that allows you to connect to the internet from a different country from where you are currently.) Wirecutter gave me a recommendation, paid $70 for the year and had it set up in a few minutes. The VPN worked fine, but the internet speed here in the apt made for a bit of a choppy viewing experience.
Thinking the VPN might also allow me watch Duke hoops games and March Madness.
13-3, Pats over Rams in a snooze-fest. Brady is officially the GOAT.

Bunch of pics and video from this afternoon. Too many for the slow internet. In this apt (or wordpress?) to handle tonight. So will put a little video together and add it tomorrow.

Hacked Together Video Recap of the Afternoon and Evening