Mendoza and El Pato

I am part of a team now! My sister Laura arrived on Monday from the States and we left immediately for the wine town of Mendoza in the west of Argentina. The bus was 14 hours overnight, however, was nicer than first class on an airplane. A little sad to leave Buenos Aires, I was starting to really feel comfortable there and was meeting some great people. My Spanish is getting alot better, however it is a little easier to get around now that my sister is here.

Mendoza is a fairly large city with a very outdoor feel to it. The main attractions here are the Andes and the wineries. The wine here is really quite amazing, they don´t export alot of wine, so it is quite unknown. Tomorrow we are taking a wine tour to a few vineyards and a liqueur factory. The weather has been cloudy and rainy, however it might have been the best thing to happen yet. We stopped under an overhang last night to dry off and we noticed a sign for bowling. We went down and it was the most amazing little bowling alley. They had a different version with a smaller ball and pins. We rolled a few games, had a few beers and laughs. El Pato, myself, was triumphant over Ms. O´Conner winning both games. The bartender was the nicest little man named Walter (seriously, Walter in a bowling alley? Dude!). We drank until we were crazy enough to run home in the rain.

We are leaving on Friday to head to Santiago, Chile. We are meeting Laura´s friend Fabian and to hopefully pick of the much desired car on Monday. Wish us luck!

¡El Pato......fuera!