FUN:travel – Mendoza, Argentina – Day 3
February 28, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Chile
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Day 24 – Friday, February 22 – Mendoza, Argentina – sunny, high clouds, 90’s
- 7:30 – wake up – hot coffee w/ hot milk
- 9:30 – breakfast is typical – fruit, toast, cereal, yogurt, ham & cheese w/assorted breads
- 9:45 – arranged for car & driver to take us into Andes
- A – drive through wine country on way
- 10:00 – start winding up the mountains – no trees just short scrub brush, grasses & bushes
- A – you can see snow on the tallest peaks
- A – colors range from sandy beige, terra cotta, gray, brown & volcanic flat black
Aconcagua
- A – drive past big Potrerillos lake (from a distance you can see Tupungato volcano which we saw from the plane on the way in)
- C –1:00 – arrive @ Aconcagua – take a short walk – Chris is pretty sore from the fall
- 3:00 – lunch @ Estancia de Elias, in only town on the way – more Argentinean beef – meet couple from Chile who drive here because” it is the best” – tells us to order beef de chorizo, get 2 mixed salads, fried potatoes & local beer Isenbeck – only $30 & VG
- 5:00 – drive thru Parque General San Martín on way back
- 6:00 – arrive B & B
- 9:30 – dinner next door @ Florentina – 4 dipping sauces w/bread & seafood risotto – just so-so
- 11:30 – so tired, hit the bed since I had no time for room R & R or siesta
FF– (FUN-fact) – Aconcagua is the tallest peak in all of the Americas at 6962 meters.
Not so FF – You can’t see the Andes from Santiago because of all the smog.
Parque General San Martín