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Hey All,
Another update for you! After a while in Bariloche we decided to venture up a little in search of warmer weather and Wine! Subsequently we ended up in Mendoza, a lovely town in the central area of Argentina which is famed for being the wine capital! It was also sunny and boy it was good to put the flip flops back on!
The town its self is beautiful with lots of large plazas to laze away some warm days with a picnic! However the main activity took full advantage of the areas vineyards! One sunny morning, determined not to let our previous biking experience put us off we headed out of the city to Maipu, a small village in which we hired bikes and conducted a comprehensive investigation into the areas wine production! We took in museums, chocolate and liquior factories, vineyards and most importantly par-took in a little experimentel testing (its was only polite). I was determined we would find a red wine Courtenay would actually enjoy........... I failed! None the less she put on a brave face and assisted me in our investigation! Needless to say the further we went the slower we got and the worse to songs got! All in all a very good day!
We also ventured out of the city in search of thermal springs, unfortunely it was school holiday so they were a little crowded but it was relaxing and soothed our muscles after the previous days truely strenuous activities!
We are now sat in an internet cafe in Cordoba and plan to move up to Salta tomorrow night!
xxx
PS: a bit missed off the Bariloche blog....... the wonderful view you can see in the photos over the lake was voted within the 10 views of our planet by the National Geographic. I truely was magical and we had it all to ourselves!
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