Although I lived and spent the majority of my time in Santiago de Chile, I did travel throughout the country, and one of my favorite trips was to Valparaíso, a port city about an hour west of the capital. The oldest European city in Chile, Valparaíso is now a World Heritage Site and still holds part of the national government. It is a small and dirty city built on a steep hill, filled with a colorful mosaic of houses all smashed together.
