Back To The Future

A little haven in the middle of Vitacura is Museo de la Moda, the fashion museum of Santiago.

The cool upside-down cars made me wanting to pose. ;)

This is where the tour begins. The current exhibition takes the visitor back to the 80s and 90s. Who still remembers VHS tapes?



DeLorean is a legendary car in which Michael J. Fox travelled to the past in the movie Back to the Future. According to the museum the car is an iconic object which helps you to appreciate the spirit of the 80s.



It is strange to see your own childhood and youth on display in a museum. Are we that old already?! Who thought that it was ever stylish? And who else wore swimming suits with the ruffled hem?

Chanel speaks for itself. The dress was one of the only in style that without any alterations could still be worn today.

The 80s was materialistic, eccentric and excessive in colours. How could the flower power, hippie-style fashion and pastel colours of the 70s turn into the neon coloured, flashing trends of the 80s and 90s?



The museum had some really cool pieces on display. Guess who wore this jacket in a movie? Hint: the ex-governor of California. That's right! Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Terminator.

80s and 90s was such a disco era!

Slow dances cheek to cheek.

Perhaps the most iconic pair of the 80s, principe Carlos y princesa Diana.

The house was the family residence of a local cotton textile manufacturers called Yarur which was later turned into a museum. The foundation of the Museo de la Moda was created by Jorge Yarur Bascuñán, their son.

The living room and this bedroom are remodelations of the Yarur family's style of living. I love the Japanese details such as the bed: simple but imposing.



This lamp was actually not a part of the exhibition but I still had to photograph it! It belongs to the museum, which has been slightly influenced by the Japanese style.

Bye bye the 80s!

A park in Vitacura.

Would you look at that! Vitacura has dedicated one little street to Finland. :)



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To remember the great era, here are some of the best hits of the time:
A-Ha - Take On Me
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Madonna - Into The Groove
Lipps Inc - Funkytown
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
New Kids On The Block - Step By Step
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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Fair Flair

Great pastime for a cloudy Sunday can be a stroll around a park after a nice lunch at your favourite pizzeria.

Each Sunday the local antique vendors gather on Plaza Peru selling ridiculously overprized antiques and unique rarities.

They have really neat stuff, like these frames...

Fengshui crystal...

... and like this radio. Unfortunately the prices scare off most potential buyers, such as myself! Or would you be willing to pay hundreds of Euros for something that was actually brought from Europe?

Well, I can still keep on dreaming, can't I? Can you imagine what stories these magical pieces would tell if they could?

I found home from an old globe! Austria was scratched off. ;)

Also this Dodge was for sale.

Later that day we had a glimpse of the past and got back to the future, but I will tell you about that another time... Until then, let's keep singing in the rain!

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Life isn't about waiting
for the storm to pass
but learning to dance
in the rain.

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Maitencillo Cabalgata

The second day of our stay in the coast town Maitencillo started with a raspberry cheese cake as it was Raphael's 30th birthday.



Cabalgata means horse cavalcade or plainly, horseback riding in the nature. So our present to the birthday kid was a three hour hike with the horses near the Chilean coast.

The ride started from the beach.

A Chilean cowboy, huaso, with his horses. The equestrian equipment differs a lot from what we are used to back home! The rein is just a rope, and the saddle is most likely self made.





Raphael got the strongly built rodeo horse. Chilean rodeo is a different sport art than the bucking horse and a rider which is more known to us. Even though its high popularity, Chilean rodeo is ugly and brutal. In the half-moon shaped arena, two cowboys on horses try to pin a calf against large cushions lining the arena.









Here I'm trying to get my pony Peldita to move but the horses knew nothing about the fine English style commands. Or maybe it was the rider that was clueless and had forgotten about everything she had once learned...

After a lot of climbing and upward hills we have finally reached the goal.

The plain was already taken by colts, cows and a bull. :)

Do you see the beach far back in the horizon? That's where we started! From the plain, we could see all the width of Chile from the coast to the Andes. The vista was beautiful!

On the way back I had to change horses with our guide because my ankle was hurting. With Manzanita, my new horse, we understood each other better and she even encouraged me to try troting and galloping. It was so much fun!

After three hours we were back where we started, in town, on foot. Everyone was aching and tired but so happy!

In town we had to check out the local market.

And pretty soon afterwards Lukas and I drove back to Santiago.

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Only passions, great passions
can elevate the soul to great things.

Denis Diderot

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