Belleza

Pablo Neruda's writing materials and view

Belleza: "Beh-yay-zah" noun, Beauty.

So I forgot my camera the day we went sightseeing, so forgive my use of other people's pictures, but what we saw was too cool to not share with all of you. Above is Pablo Neruda's 4 story house way up in the hills of Valparaíso (Chilean poet extraordinaire, learn more about him here and read some of his work: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Neruda). While he died in 1973, his legacy remains in the form of his many properties and possessions, all viewable to the public as museums with audio guides (though I didn't pay much attention to mine, as its all in Spanish and the view from the  top floor of this house is too stunning and you have to channel all your senses to your eyes in order to take it all in). As we continued our exploration, we also got to see the official, university recognized historical murals of Valpo, many of which are done in impossible places such as steep alleyway staircases or along the sides of multistory, old buildings. Here is an example of some of the amazing work: