Hotel San Francisco Chacras de Coria

... and wine making them brave but they were both sat their cheering for uruguay when they had the ball, and swearing when Argantina scored in a bar full of locals which was a bit embarassing/scary!<br><br>After getting bored of the city and the far out Aussie surfer dude who was satying at our hostel, we decided tro catch a bus into the Andes mountains for a bit of fresh air without really knowing what to expect as guide book didnt say much. Luckily we ended up ...

... wineries.<br> While some of the riding is not for the faint of heart (lorries remind you constantly to stay on the very outside fringe of the road) once you hit the long tree lined avenues leading to each winery then there is no better way to explore the world of wine.<br> We visited 3 wineries on the day which is more than enough when considering 4 generous servings of wine are offered at each winery ...

Finaly having a little relaxing day today. was going to go to the vinyardes bu Malwena (who I was going to go with is a day late!!!!) Oh well I think there are a few people from this hostel going tomorrow so that should be a good larf!<br><br>Another good thing is that I have got my shorts on! Whoo Hoo. a month and a half in ...

... the lovely Argentinean red wine of the area as Mendoza is the producer of 80% of the wines of Argentina. Tuesday 7th April. We were to be picked up at 9.30am so we were all ready and breakfasted and just in the room about to do our teeth about 8.30 when the hostel manager came and told us the transport had been and we were late. Yes Argentina time is an hour different to Chile time. Thankfully we were alerted to this then and the transport was coming back for us ...

... standard Malbec, the Reserva &amp; the Reserva Selection de Bassicas (a Cab Sav, Malbec &amp; Merlot blend) I failed to fall in love. 3) Ruca Malen - truly gorgeous building &amp; great location for a tasting lunch with each course matched off to a different wine ... * Goats cheese, apple &amp; lemon zest bruscetta matched with Sauvignon Blanc * Slices of filet mignon in olive oil matched with Malbec * Wheat croquets served with mushrooms &amp ...

... local guy helped us off the bus at the right junction and then told us it was 13Km to the vineyard, there were no taxis in sight. We started walking in the hope that a bus would stop for us (you can flag them down anywhere), fortunately one did and it was the one we had already got off - bizarre... We still had to walk a couple of Kms and arrived half an hour early. Today we had planned to go for lunch at another winery and enjoy another tasting ...

... of those names . . . no mum, my taste in music is just as strange as always!) ... and on with the non existent hotel booking! We arrived at the Hotel Zamora (well since Spurs sold him, he hasn´t done that much!), and after a brief discussion if transpired that the booking we thought we had, was not there, and the only rooms they had available were 2 dingy single rooms on the ground floor. After a brief chat between ourselves, well more a case of me saying "there ...

So I started this blog out with an entry called "Twisting and turning, in a space that's too small". Well, last night I was tossing and turning, in a space that's too small - these friggin' beds are tiny! Not only are they so short that my ankles are dangling off the end, but the bed is just barely wider than the width of my shoulders. Sleeping on such a narrow bed meant that I needed to toss and turn in place, or risk falling ...

... first the ultramodern O Fournier, and then the more normal but also brand new Andeluna bodega (that's what they call vineyards here). O Fournier was Star Wars meets viticulture, with some modern art thrown in. A Spanish entrepreneur with money to burn built three vineyards over the last few years, in Spain, Argentina, and Chile. The one we visited looked like it had been colonized by aliens. I'm not normally a huge fan of modern architecture, and the ...

... room had fresh fruit,scrambled eggs, berry custard kuchen and more. We enjoyed poking around Puerto Varas for a couple of days and the Munros finally got a run in along the lake. Puerto Varas is an inexpensive taxi ride to Puerto Montt where we took an uneventful flight back to Santiago. On the 17th we rode one of the fast and comfortable buses to Valpariso for the day. Valpariso is a fascinating old port about 1.5 hours from ...