La Plaza Nunoa a noche

We heard that La Plaza Nunoa (the park at the end of Grandma Gina's street) has a lot of activity on Friday nights - music, dancing, etc. so we decided to check it out. Uri, Ravit and the 3 Colo-Colinos (3 Colo-Colo fans) met us at Grandma Gina's and we walked over to the Plaza in the evening.

When we got there, we didn't find anything happening like what we were expecting. There cafe's/bars across the street that were full of people but no music or dancing in the park. It was kind of strange because the there were about 4 small restaurants lined up with outdoor seating. Everyone was packed outside in the narrow sidewalk but the restaurants were completely empty. When I say packed I mean I'm not sure how the waiters made it through the tables. Even thought the actual restaurants were empty they didn't allow kids inside because they were officially bars at the time we went. We decided to walk the 2 blocks back to grandma's house and jumped in the car to get something to eat so we ended up at a mall about 15 minutes from Grandma's house.

The mall is ultra modern with big open space, a stage for live music and dancing in the middle of a big food court of restaurants. The parking lot is also pretty cool. At the entrance, there's a digital sign that tells you (by floor) how many open parking spaces are available and above each parking stall, there's a light to indicate whether the stall is available or not. Red light = full, green light = open stall and blue light = handicapped stall. They can tell because of a small sensor that is located above the center of the stall. Really great technology.

We ended up at a local restaurant, Tip y Tap - and had steaks and fries. Nothing terribly exciting as far as the food goes but we had a great time with Uri's family. After dinner, we had a little dessert at Bravissima Gelateria before going home to rest up for tomorrow.

The next day, we told Dad there wasn't anything happening at the Plaza the night before. Dad asked if we went across the street from the Plaza and behind the church because that's where the action is. We said, no because everybody said it's at the Plaza. So much for getting the right 'scoop' beforehand!