Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Mendoza, Argentina Tues, 25 Nov 08

We arrived yesterday. Flew over the snow capped Andes from Santiago, Chile. Of course, something was wrong with our airline tickets and, even though I confirmed everything 1 week before leaving, they still didn´t recognize our tickets in Chile. We finally flew standby which meant we sat in various spots throughout the plane.

The cars here look something like out of Cuba...old jelopies. Our rental car isn´t far behind. Tom is delighted of course. We will try to keep him from breaking any laws on our excursions to the mountains for the rest of the week.

Had an empanada yesterday for lunch. I asked what the filling was and the server said it was very delicious. Finally he said it was llama meat. He was right, it was good.

So far the beef and malbec wine are fab.

Our night at the Park Hyatt was lovely. The beds felt great after the long journey. Today we will leave for the mountains and see what awaits us there. We have no reservations anywhere and are just winging it.

More soon!

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