Wine Country

This weekend I went with a group of about 10 kids to Mendoza. We took a 16 hour, overnight bus across the country. We saw the most beautiful stars, stars we never get to see in the Northern Hemisphere!

We got to the Mendoza Inn, the youth hostel we were staying at, around noon. We then quickly found out how the town works, and head out towards the bus. We took an hourlong bus to an area of town called Maipu, where we rented bikes from a place called Mr. Hugo. Over the two days we biked from vineyard to vineyard, and got to see about three or four vineyards. We also saw the Mendoza Wine Museum, which was totally awesome. We learned about the grapes, the local wine called Malbec, and the special system they use to water the grapes with freshwater from the Andes Mountains! We also got to visit a place that makes chocolate and special liqueurs, where I bought a Pomelo liqueur (grapefruit) and also a grapefruit marmalade. Delicious!!

Friday night J, this girl Lauren and I went to a restaurant called Azafran. They do not have a wine list, but instead you go into the cellar with their wine master (I forgot the word) and pick your wines. We got a cheese platter, two bottles of wine, steak, and some desserts, and I still spent less than $30!! What a deal!!

Mendoza was absolutely amazing. I didn't get to see everything I wanted, but I saw a lot. I would really like to go back...