La Piojera

La Piojera is a bar in Santiago, whose name literally translate to a flea's nest. Apparently, the name was coined by a former Chilean president Arturo Alessandri in 1922 during his first visit, in which he asked, "What is this place, a fea house?" Well, La Piojera is as Santiago as it gets.

You will run into people singing with guitars and/or random percussion instruments. The night we went, a group of people were singing and dancing using an old pan as percussion.



Table full of empty teremotos cups



Terremoto ("earthquake") is first made by putting a scoop of pinepple ice cream in a cup, then filling the glass with pipeño (fermented white wine). The ice cream floats to the top is finished off with a black liquor on top.



salut!