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| Subject: Funny: Would you like legs with your coffee? Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:19 am | |
| If you don't speak Spanish it sounds quite nice: cafe con piernas. It could be a lovely little place down by the water, this mysterious cafe, or maybe a hole-in-the-wall joint with the city's best espresso. You'd happily go to check out cafe con piernas, to see what one of the city's attractions is all about.
But you'd get a shock. Because that's not the story of cafe con piernas.
It's a cool morning in Santiago, the Chilean capital, and workers are bustling through the city streets, ducking in and out of office blocks. There's a haze of smog shrouding the buildings, blocking the sight of the snow-capped Andes that usually crowds the horizon.
The presidential palace is just around the corner; Chile's former National Congress building and its Supreme Court are similarly close. This is Santiago's central business district, a hub for multinational companies and global names. Advertisement
If there's anything that marks this district out as being any different from the hundreds of other city centres like it around the world, it might be the presence of cafe con piernas. Not that you'd know it was there.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/blogs/the-backpacker/would-you-like-legs-with-your-coffee-20121002-26wf7.html#ixzz2870gsZc9
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