Hello! I apologize for the long period of silence! We’ve been down in Patagonia, where the free-time has been short and the internet routinely terrible. We’ve made it back to the big city now: we’re in Buenos Aires! But we’ve got a good bit of catching up to do on the blog, so we start with our trip to Colchagua Valley! Vacation to Wine Country We joked that since we’d been in Santiago for so long, and would be going…
Well, as we mentioned in our last post, we took a trip just outside Santiago to see the Concha y Toro winery. Check out that post to learn about how we got there, and our… eh… travails doing so. But as I’d said there, we had a lovely time at the winery. Concha y Toro is a huge winery. They’re the largest wine producer in Latin America, and one of the largest in the world. You can find their wines…
“It’s ¡con gas!” Wait a minute. That was the most striking, and most terrifying, part of the day, but I should start from the beginning. The day began like most of our others: slowly, casually, pleasantly. We woke up late (though earlier than recently), we had breakfast and tea. We double checked all the travel plans for the day, and we were definitely in no hurry to get started. We had all day, and visiting the Concha y Toro winery…
Hello from Santiago! After three great nights in Valparaíso, we left for Santiago, which we’d be making our home for at least the next eight nights. We hadn’t spent such a long period of time in one place since Cartagena, so we both were looking forward to settling in a little bit and slowing down. Plus, we have a lovely AirBnb, with a kitchen and a washer, so we have the chance to do some cooking, and to catch up…
We loved our time in Colombia, and are so happy we started our trip there. But the day came to move on, as we had a flight to continue our adventures in Chile. It probably has something to do with the fact that all days are Saturdays, but that was the easiest 6-hour flight I’ve ever done. And it put me south of the equator for the first time! Look at me go. The ground transportation at Santiago airport was…
Being creatures of habit (and suffering from extreme decision fatigue), we decided to not make any decisions the night after our coffee farm tour, and went back to Cafe Bernabe. Plus, I mean, the place was great. We’d both seen multiple dishes we wanted to try, but I went with making no decisions and got the exact same thing. There, we also ran into the Romanian couple that we’d met at the coffee farm. Being a small town, this would…
After very much enjoying our time in Medellin—despite battling our GI issues—it was time to head to our next destination, a little town up in the coffee region of Colombia called Salento. We’d had a few people recommend Salento, including a fellow traveler that we met in Cartagena. He showed us some pictures from there and we decided to make it happen. We thought we’d try a more economical route, and so we booked a bus from Medellin to a…
We had a late flight to Medellin on Tuesday. The airport we flew into is 45 minutes away from the city by taxi, in the mountains above the city. As you’re winding down the mountain, eventually you pop over the side, and the massive city spreads out through the entire valley thousands of feet below you. It’s stunning, seeing the endless city lights as far as you can see in either direction. And for some reason, at this point was…
I brought my DSLR on this trip for a reason, and it wasn’t for all the extra weight. It was to take pretty pictures! Here are some of the pretty pictures we got so far in Cartagena. I hope you enjoy them, keep coming back because we’ll have plenty more! I hope you like wide angle pictures, because to keep weight down I only brought my wide angle lens for this trip, so you’re gonna get a ton of them….
One of the touristy things to do out of Cartagena is to take a speed boat out to the Islas Rosario and Playa Blanca. Not remotely above being tourists, we spent Thursday afternoon walking around town looking for a good tour. We settled on one sold by Optitours. They pick you up from your hotel, take you to the dock, and take you on a speed boat out to the islands and Playa Blanca. There, they give you lunch, beach…
