We were getting close to leaving for Florianopolis, and Erika was getting excited to be back at a beach for the first time in a while. Looking at pictures as we were planning our time there, I was excited too, because it looked gorgeous! And the weather forecast showed nothing but rain for all 6 days we’d be there. It’s fine, we said, it’s still days away, surely it’s bound it change. When we woke up to leave Foz do…
After our super early flight from Mendoza to Puerto Iguazu, we took a rest day before going to see Iguazu Falls the next day. The falls are right where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, and can be seen from Argentina and Brazil. On the Argentina side are many trails that take you below, beside, and over some of the more than 200 falls. The Brazil side is good for being able to see the full panoramic view of all the…
After our brief trip to Uruguay, it was time to put a few more Argentina stamps in our passports, and head back across the Rio de la Plata to Buenos Aires. We had a nice AirBnb for two nights there before heading west to Mendoza. We’d been excited to get a couple more nights in Buenos Aires, since we’d loved it there so much, and didn’t feel like we’d spent enough time there. We’d talked of taking another tango class,…
Since we’ve been planning this trip, John has been talking about going to Uruguay based on its proximity to Buenos Aires and something he read on a city there. To be honest, Uruguay has never been on my radar, and I realized as we were heading there, I knew absolutely nothing about the small country. But, it was close, and the transit to get there cheap, so yeah, let’s go! Turns out, we fell in love with Uruguay. Hard. Like,…
After over two weeks in Patagonia, it was something of a shock when our hired driver left the airport and took us into the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires. The first thing that strikes you is: oh okay, I guess the sane driving styles of Chile are gone. Whew! We got to our place for the week in Recoleta–a big, busy, upscale neighborhood just to the north of the city center–and quickly settled into our new home. It was…
In the early afternoon, we said goodbye to Puerto Natales, and to Chile, and boarded a bus for El Calafate, Argentina. It was advertised to be a six hour drive, but after all the hard work we’d done in Torres del Paine, we were both pretty excited to have a down day of just sitting on a bus, relaxing, and reading. About an hour in, we arrived at the border… and there was no electricity. We were told we would…
It was finally here: the beast, the event that made planning South America so hard, the reason for our REI registry and huge REI shopping trips. Torres del Paine! Multi-night trips in Torres need to be planned fairly well in advance, because it’s super popular and campsite reservations are mandatory. Thus, we’ve had our trip to the Torres planted as a stake in the ground for quite a while now. We’ll have another post discussing logistics and planning for this…
To get to the southern-most part of the continent, we hopped a 3 hour flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas. Waiting at the gate, it was obvious based on everyone’s attire that we were all heading south to the national park Torres del Paine. I’ve never seen more ThermoBalls, GoreTex, and hiking shoes outside of an REI. We were amongst peers. Or at least John was. I feel like I’m just posing as an outdoorsy type. We continued to see…
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…
