Mendoza was our last and best stop in Argentina. We stayed at the most beautiful place called Finca Adalgisa in the small town of Chacras de Coria. The place was surrounded by green. Grass, fruit trees galore, and grapevines since they have a small winery there and served their own malbecs.

This is right outside our room.


The finca's grapes were ripe and ready.








We biked to Alta Vista winery on our first day.




If you ever get a chance, try their Torrontes. It's a delicious white.

The next day, we had a choice between hiking in the Andes or going to another winery. We were invited by the winemaker, Dollium, to have lunch at his place. Being dumdums and not thinking, we opted for the hike, because we were there and HAD to hike the Andes. How can you not? (We still beat our heads against hard surfaces for turning down an invitation to lunch with a winemaker though!)

Anyways, we went to the highest peak in the Americas (and apparently, the highest mountain outside of Asia), Aconcagua. Here it is the the distance, snowcapped.







Just pretending. I wish my mind could be still enough to meditate.



And now, a short feature film of Drew's highlight of the day (a must see!):


Puente de Inca. (Puente is bridge in spanish.) The yellow color is from sulfur.

There was a hotel built back in 1925 for the rich to come and enjoy the natural hot springs in the area. It was destroyed by an avalanche a few decades later, but the church nearby still stands. (See it in the background?)

After a long day, all Drew & I were looking forward to was this when we came back to the Finca. (They have an excellent restaurant there!)


The inside of their restaurant. I love that tree in the middle of the room.








Yeah, we liked hanging out there for long periods of time. Good food and good company -can't beat that! (The staff & guests were all great to talk to.)


Sadly, we had to head back to Buenos Aires the next day. Our last full day in Buenos Aires was cloudy and rainy, but we still ventured out to their La Boca district for a short visit. Definitely couldn't pass up all the colors in this hood.








And I'll end with something we see all the time when we travel to other countries, but never here in the States.


The End. If you ever wonder where you should go travel...I'd highly, highly recommend Argentina!!!