Mendoza Photo Recap!

Day 1: Hit up some vineyards







Day 2: Some biking and wining in Maipu, with the best meal of my trip ever. Calling it right here.








Day 3: Some hot spring action in rental bathing suits

Day 4: Horse riding in the arctic cold

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Wine About It

Oh hey friends. Did you miss me? I did. I feel like I´ve been everywhere in the last few days, I can barely remember what happened in Mendoza. I must recap, though Elise sums it up pretty nicely. A ver:
http://elisebaros.blogspot.com/2009/05/wine-2-3-4.html

Day 3 in the hot springs was the best way to not be cold. Day 4 on the horse trip was the worst way to avoid being cold. The cold bus ride, to the coldest horse ride of all time, to the coldest waiting time in the coldest country shack of all time. Then we finally got picked up in the cold bus and met up with crazy people who went RIVER RAFTING. They were cold too. Then we all shivered our way back to Mendoza. Day 4 was intense. I also managed to get my 3rd sinus cold in 6 weeks. How is that even possible? Oh ya, cause Im always cold. The best thing though is that vino in vino country makes it all so much better. After Mendoza, me, Damien and Austin said goodbye to Primo B and E, grabbed our vino and hopped aboard our 18 hour bus ride to Salta. Need I mention... there were no blankets. Do the math.

Wine Country!

Saludos from Mendoza! I took an overnight bus for 14 hours from BA to Mendoza. That was totally awesome. The seats recline all the way back... way cozy. Me, Cousin B, Cousin E, and Damien and Austin all got to Mendoza then later took a little 3 hour wine tour. We visited a few vineyards, and olive oil place and a chocolate & liquer factory. Definitely drank some absynthe. Yikes. That night, we came back to the hostel to have a kick ass bbq with some kick ass tunes.

The next day we visited Maipu (pronounced my-POO.)This was our bike and wine day-- so fun! Rented really shitty, uncomfortable bikes and headed off to the bodegas. I loved the ones we visited... one was La Rural, a vino museum. Then another one called El Cerno, which had maybe the best bbq i´ve had this whole trip. Plus I was beyond starving, so it was extra delish. Then the last one was diTomasso... they gave a nice tour. Then we were horrified when we realized the ice cream and brownie serving was over with. Horrified. We biked the 6k back to the center of town. The weather has been really chilly and cloudy, but every once in awhile the sun breaks through, and it´s so gorgeous. We have the beautiful fall colors everywhere. I loved biking through these orange and yellow covered streets. So beautiful, and it took my mind off how dang slow I am on this bike. I blame the bike.

Then today Bryan, Elise and I went to visited some hot springs about an hour bus ride from here. We were a little tired of having wine, so we enjoyed some beer and whiskey instead! The thermal waters were in between huge mountain cliffs... it was again, so beautiful. The best part was cousins rent bathing suits from weird lady outside the pools. Other best part, the waterslide, what else?

I so wish I could post pictures up!! But I can´t. If you feel like it. Google Mendoza in the autumn, and that´s where I´m at. Besos!