The Road to Mendoza

After leaving BsAs on a sweet overnight bus we ended up in a much more manageable town called Mendoza. A mere 14 hours away via sweet 'private' bus, Mendoza sits at the foothills of the Andes. Our bus, was a double decker sweet ride and we got a top shelf front row seat. We were the only people to get on in BsAs, which seemed a little strange, but there were a couple more stops along the route. We were prepared to give up the awesome front seats, but never had to. The bus, that had a crew of three only took about 6 or 7 people to Mendoza.

Everywhere you go in Mendoza you can see the mountains in the background, Hanna and I walked all over the city, take our word for it. There are tons of awesome parks and fountains throughout the city that purely beg you to get in them. It's just not fair. They look so clean.

Our only full day in the city was spent on bikes touring the local winery's, distilleries and olive farms. We covered quite some distance, most of which Hanna swore was uphill. There was one downhill which she overheated her brakes. She did come to my rescue later when my tire popped and she rode the 3 km back to the shop to get some assistance. The bikeshop owner told her that of all the bikes he rented out that day, only hers came back with two unpopped tires. Look at her go!!!

The tours were solid. The distillery was the neatest as its main purpose is to take scraps from wineries and make grapa. The wineries are not permitted to distill anything in the wineries, something along the lines of the German Purity Law for beer. The distillery makes both red and white grape grapa, but also has added more fine products like gin, vodka, and various liquors from mandarins, grapefruits and dulce de leche. They were all wild, strong and awesome.

Our tour of the city was a complete success and now we're off to Viña del Mar to see what Chile has to offer us. We realize that it wasn't a stop previously on our map, but we do apologize. We hope it's not too much of an inconvenience for you to look it up Pappa Pittam. Miss everyone!

Besos!

B&H