Mendoza is wine country in South America! I was quite excited when Michael had arranged for a tour of three vineyards not too far away....the kids....not so much. Anyway, there is still much to learn regarding agriculture and the business of processing and distributing a product. You can say it's a reach, but I was going to the vineyards....I mean, when in Rome....

Our apartment rental host wasn't expecting us early. Since we were in a new country, we had no way of contacting him. We attempted making a phone call from the bus station with some help from strangers, but it didn't work and the language barrier didn't help. So we just grabbed a taxi and went to the apartment. Of course, no one was there to let us in. We didn't have a wifi connection, so we couldn't email him. Maeve and I tried to find a restaurant with wifi while Michael and Liam stayed with our bags on the sidewalk. We were staying in a residential area, so we had to walk a bit before finding something. 

We decided to take the bus through the Andes Mountains from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. We heard that the views along the route were amazing and we were definitely not disappointed!