Wine tasting in Mendoza is great, we liked it and bought some wine as well!
Since we couldn't get a bus on Sunday, we waited 1 day longer in Mendoza (around 35 degrees) to get a first class bus to Bariloche and first class is really great! You can sleep in the bus fairly good and there is good service too!
Drawback: my phone (old sony Ericsson with the 076 323 .... ) got stolen the last day in Mendoza :-( but I still have the iPhone :-)
Bariloche is a nice town that could be in Switzerland as well (and you get fairly good cheese fondue as well!) although it is summer, it got freezing cold here! We rented a car to drive the 7 Lagos road and at 23.12 we had SNOW around us!!! Almost White Christmas ;-)
We spent Christmas in San Martin de Los Andes (another ski-resort town in the mountains) with now better weather and temperature, 25 degrees.
Tomorrow we plan to hike the Lanín volcano (2days) and head back to Bariloche after this, to spend new year there.
More in some days!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!
nearby in bariloche there is an estania with the biggest condoreria ( around 100 condor nests ). they do tours with horses tonsee the birds. and you get a good dinner together with the owner of the estancia.
AntwortenLöschenBy the way: you have to check the chocolates in bariloche. delicious ( actally no wonder - bariloche was one of the epicenters of swiss emigration. They built all the hotels, ski lifts an so on) . You might also want to visit the nearby colonia suiza.
well yes - mendoza is known for pick poketing.
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