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Kryptonite and Lex Luther... the unbreaKable lock
... 8230;.¨you need to calm down, go take a ****, and eat an egg before heading out.¨ Although this ended up being good advice from his caring wife, we started cracking up by how it actually came out of my mouth.
First course of action complete….and now Camilo walked a few kilometers into town to find the hardware store. A little less than an hour later, he came back with the strongest saw and blade he could find. With what ...
Mendoza y Malbec
... the implications of buying an entire crate if only I had the room to take it home! An aside: there were beautiful rose gardens there, and apparently they swear by feeding the roses wine to help them grow!
Slightly merry we went to the ‘Iglesia de la Carrodilla’ which is a beautiful little church with a lovely garden and to ‘El Rancho’, an artisans hut with crafts as well as a variety of pickled foods and some particularly good empanadas. This ...
Barrels of Wine (and Laughs)
... br>
Back to Mr Hugo at 5 to return the bikes and be personally escorted back to our hostel. The whole day including bikes, transport, food, drink and tours cost us each 50euro and was well worth it!
As we write this we are enjoying the free glass of vino provided by the hostel....trying to convince ourselves of all the positive attributes wine has to offer at this stage...a glass a day.....!
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Mendoza
... a bit, but wow needs to come on so much more. Its frustrating not being able to speak with the locals, every interaction starts with ' lo sentio, no habla espanol' and then from there its luck!
Not many ppl in the hostel, only ppl i have met since arriving are: 2 spanish 2 swiss 1 french 2 americans 1 german
Santiago still shows signs of an earthquake damaged city, the centre was clean with old buildings well kept. It is just a true latin american city.
I havent ...
Red wine and some Drop Bears!
... last night in Mendoza. I had signed up earlier in the day for a free Spanish lesson that was being put on by the hostel. Not knowing what to expect I had encouraged one of my newly found friends, Ian, to join me. Unfortunately, he was too tired to get involved, so instead he chose to have a nap on the couch in the room next door... This was unfortunate for him, as when it came time for the lesson to begin I discovered that our teacher was what you would call a 'rather ...
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