Lions, Tigers, Bears, OH MY!

Well, sorry to disapoint you. No tigers. No bears.

Today, we did something peculiar yet exciting. We got another private tour for another good price (my sister didnt have to pay because she is a student). Where were we? A cemetery! Yay!

So you are probably seeing an Ohioan cemetery in your mind. Well you have no clue what i am talking about then. In Chile, it is not headstones in rows. It is rows though. Of mausoleums. Walking through the General Cemetery of Santiago feels like walking down a city street. Until you see the lions. Many of the mausoleums were built overseas. Therefore, they have very ecclectic styles. There was an Egyptian and a Mayan one. There were also Roman and Spanish ones, which had stone lions guarding the doors.

Other than the many historical figures burried there, I saw two unique graves. At both graves people would pray and leave notes to the deceased. The first was a special site at which people wish for love (the guide said it was very important that I went to this one, haha.) Burried within the mausoleum was a young woman. Apparently during life she was astoundingly beautiful. She was engaged and had already bought everything for a successful life with her future husband, and was happy as could be. On the day of her wedding, as the priest was pronouncing the couple man and wife, she had a heart attack. Right there, At the alter. Her body was embalmed for preservation and there used to be a window so that visitors could observe her beauty. Then some idiot broke the glass so they could put their note closest to her in hopes it would be answered soonest. Too bad they didn´t just complete my entry title by installing guard Tigers and attack bears. I figure it would be pretty oficial if all the bears had police uniforms and smokey the bear hats. No one would dare to start a forest fire in that mausoleum...