La Alboroza Maipu
Cruz de Piedra Maipu, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina
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Mendoza wine and bikes.
... was on the 10th and it was a choice of staying one more day in mendoza and not doing santiago at all or spending 2 days in santiago and trying to take in some of the city. We decided on an early bus for 9 so decided to head out early enough for diner. In bariloche we met a mad english couple and tried to meet them for a pre diner drink but they were leaving that night so id say we just missed them but decided to have a drink in their honour. We went for diner in a ...
Mendoza
... change which is something that no-one in Argentina has. Shops never have any change so often either just round up the bill or give you penny sweets as change! Can you imagine going to Sainsburys at home and being told, "sorry I can’t give you your change but have some jellies"!! To overcome the change problem, buses also accept bus passes which you can top up in kiosks around town. Well – that’s the theory anyway. When we tried, most of the kiosks had signs ...
Wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine, wine.
... more tastings (the wines weren’t so nice, and Hannah and I definitely couldn’t taste ’bitter chocolate’ or ’vanilla’, but they gave us a try of a dessert wine which was lovely!). After probably too much wine to cycle, we headed back to Mr.Hugo’s. On the way, I had to stop suddenly for traffic. My foot got caught under the bike, ripping my flip flop (cycling in flip flops probably wasn’t the best idea!). Therefore, I had to cycle ...
De regreso. Una vez más al camión
... matraca de feria.
Después de sus truculentas historias de amor y de llevarnos con el pasaporte en la boca pensando que en cualquier momento nos mudaban al barrio de los acostados, José dijo que estaba muy cansado y que necesitaba dormir. Así que se estacionó en una estación de servicio. Y como José es todo un caballero se ofreció a que durmiéramos en la calidez de la cabina, yo me podía acomodar en la repisa superior mientras que él sacrificaba su comodidad ...
A day with Sergio....And fine wine!
... and big wedges! For desert an orange sorbet choc mousse and ice cream rolled in nuts with malbec syrup!!! All each served ranging from rose to a deep malbec!! we are all stuffed and we drink and chat with Sergio. After stuffing our faces and living like king and queens we jump in the car drive back to our hostel, whilst playing Sergio some tunage before we had a siesta in the car. What a lovely day, a nice ride, beautiful place and not forgetting the food and ...


