Two wheels or four madam?

I spent this afternoon wandering around Valparaiso looking at but not being able to ride the funiculars. For some reason, every one I found was shut. I don´t know if that´s because it was Saturday afternoon and siesta time or something else but, no doubt, things will become clearer over the next couple of days.

After a great lunch of eel soup (sounds weird I know but Chile does some great seafood dishes) I ended up in a plaza, catching my breath and watching the world go by. And the world seems to like all things wheeled. In the plaza there were all types of bicycles for hire, mainly for the children but some adults were up for it. Two, three and four-wheeled bikes mostly with horns, being driven by children from aged three upwards. In fact one young girl (probably about four years old) had her own Disney battery-powered scooter. I took some photos of the bikes but not the children (just to be on the safe side).

I walked home but took the easy route - no way am I climbing that hill again!