And before I get started, I have had some feedback about posts being too long. So I have decided to do some bullet points about the main ideas before the rest of the post so that way if you´re in a hurry, or just dno´t feel like doing a reading marathon, you don´t have to, but you can still know what´s going on. Also, I know this post is relatively (really) short, but that´s ok, I´ll do it anyway.
- Yesterday a group of friends and I bussed it Mendoza (famous for its wine and empanadas) and it took 15 hours.
- Yesterday for dinner we had wine and tapas, and it was all wonderful and delicious.
- Today we´re going on a bike tour of some vineyards and we´ll get to taste many different wines. (Yay!)
We got in yesterday after a 15 hour bus ride. Yeah, it wasn´t supposed to be that long, but it starting raining in that torrential downpour way that is so common for Argentina and our bus was delayed...and then once we were finally on the bus it took a while to really get going because some trees got hit by lighting and they fell into the road (no one was hurt from what I could tell...just annoyed I´m sure). The trip wasn´t too bad once we really got going though, they had food and movies for us to watch. Also I was able to just think and write on the bus and I really enjoyed having time to process my thoughts for a while.
So also yesterday, we went out for wine and tapas for dinner. It was 80 pesos for two glasses of wine (they were showcasing two specific ones so you got to try a glass of each) and then however much food you wanted that came around. Some of the food items included empanadas, kebobs with two types of red meat, some chicken, and vegetables, beef stew type stuff, and what seemed to be little squares of pizza. All of it was quite delicious of course. Also, the wine was FANTASTIC. Of course, it probably wasn´t a good idea to have my first glass(es) of red wine be in one of the wine capitals of the world, now nothing will ever be as good, I´m sure. But I got a lesson from Jordan and Annalise on how to drink-to-appreciate the wine, so thanks guys!
Today brings a wine tasting and bike tour. We will ride our bikes to a few different vineyards and get to taste some wines at each one. It goes from 9:30am-8:00 pm...so I´m definitely going to get a workout today! Woo! Well, I think that´s all I have for now, I´m sure by tonight I´ll have a lot more stories to share.
But that´s all (for now) folks!
Chau,
Kiki
I wonder how well any of you will be riding your bikes by the end of the tour. Looking forward to the update. BTW, let the record show, I never complained about the lengths of your posts. :-) Your idea about summarizing what's to come is a good one though.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your long, long, epic poem posts, but I also like the bullet points. Shannon will be appeased, at least.
ReplyDeleteAAAAAH, this vaycay sounds fab. I just got back from my ten day RV south island adventure, and I'm exhausted but it was smelly lovely mountain-y goodness. ...Can I say though that biking and drinking doesn't really sound all that smart, though? And how do you appreciate wine's flavor? Share your secrets!