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A Taste of the Andes Wine Dinner

March 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

It has been too long since we have been able to enjoy an in-person dinner that paired food with wine due to Covid. But they started reappearing in the San Francisco area. San Francisco’s Vault Garden teamed up with the Vine Connections (an importer that specializes in Chilean and Argentinian wines) that paired a five-course […]

Filed Under: Chilean Wine Regions, Dining, Featured-City, Mendoza, San Francisco, Wine Events Tagged With: Amayna, Bouchon Pais Salvaje, Mendel Cabernet Sauvignon, vineconnection

Ushuaia Argentina: The World’s Southernmost City

February 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

Joyce and Tom at the end of the world 02

We were in Argentina for one purpose: taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica, the 7th continent and one we have always wanted to visit. But first, we had to get to our cruise boat, which was taking off from Ushuaia Argentina. While our Antarctica Adventures will be explored in our next series of posts, this […]

Filed Under: Argentina, Destinations, Featured-City, South America, Travel, Ushuaia Tagged With: End of the World, Hotel Las Hayas, king crab legs, Tierra del Fuego National Park

Buenos Aries Argentina Restaurants and Hotel

April 26, 2016 Leave a Comment

Our limited time in Buenos Aires (BA) on this trip limited the number of restaurants we were able to sample. We, however, made our best efforts to sample as many good restaurants as our waistlines could accommodate. This visit’s crop consisted of: Sucre (Bajo Belgrano). All the natives with whom we spoke suggested that meat […]

Filed Under: Activities, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Hotels, South America, Travel

Buenos Aires Argentina

February 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Since Buenos Aires (BA) is the hub for flying anywhere in Argentina, and for virtually all flights into and out of the country, we were “forced” to return to our favorite city in Latin America..or else it used to be. But you have to read the entire blog to see why we may have changed […]

Filed Under: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Destinations, Featured-City, South America, Travel

Scaling the Andes–A Tale of Four Crossings

March 25, 2012 Leave a Comment

Macaws on the mineral lick 6-400

We just returned from our second trip to South America and our fourth crossing of the Andes, Each of the four experiences were totally different. These included: A commercial flight on a large plane that provided stunning views, but little in the way of a unique travel experience; A flight in a small, six-seat plane that, […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Argentina, Chile, Mountains, Nature & Hiking, Peru, Sightseeing Tagged With: Amazon, Andes, Machu Picchu

Mendoza: Argentina’s Wine Capital

October 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Although Mendoza was one of the first cities in Argentina to be settled, the only evidence of its colonial architecture is the ruins of a single church. The reason? The city has been leveled by so many earthquakes, that there are virtually no remnants of its past. It is, therefore, now one of the most […]

Filed Under: Argentina, Mendoza, Restaurants, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Mendoza, wine

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