One of the nice things about spending a year in a foreign country is that you get to see things and attend events that tourists miss.  The Day of Patriotism is one of those events.  The presidential palace in Viña del Mar in Chile is only open to the public one day a year.  People, along with Wooly and Raeski line up for blocks to see the inside and outside of the summertime residence of the president of Chile.  Here are a few of the rooms in the palace.

The presidential study.

Another view of the presidential study.

Presidential dining.

The presidential sunroom looking north.

Presidential sunroom looking south.

Raeski looking presidential.

The current resident – Michelle Bachelet Jeria.