while
marco watches the Euro soccer 2008 game... i have a few minutes to update our honeymoon. we took off from SF on Wed. 6/3 to south
america, but our flight was canceled in Atlanta for a day so we hung out and explored the city and we visited the world of coca-cola company and tasted 73 beverages from all over the world. it was really really hot in
atlanta like 92 when we got there.... then we flew to Santiago and arrived 7.30 in the morning and it was like winter weather where we can see our breath. we rented a car and drove to the country side 1 hour from
santiago and visited a little village where they make all the
chilean ceramics. did you know that people don´t really get up until 10 or 11am. we waited in our white little car... like a ford focus and waited for the town to be awake. then finally we got some Pan (bread) for 180 pesos for 2 (like 25 cents) and boy it was plain-plain bread. then we drove to a little beach town called Valparaiso and we were there for 2 nights visiting neighboring towns such as Vina
del Mar-love both places and it was so relaxing there. the weather was a lot warmer like low 70´s still need a jacket at night, but by the time we left it go really cold so i had to buy a sweater. then off we go and drove back to
santiago and exploring the city it took us all afternoon exploring all the little towns and finally
santiago!!! the semi- big city. we were there for about another 2 nights in
bellavista and took the subway everywhere. from
santiago you can see some snow caps on the mountains of the
andes which then we took a bus ride to Argentina.
the bus ride was about 8 hours to
mendoza, a winery town but during this time
ppl come here to ski. we drove through the
andes in the snow then down the mountain ( we were asleep). we where there for 1 night and there
wasn´t much there other than
Malbec wines which we had - yum!!! then we got on another bus ride to
Buenos Aries.... yes a 20 hours ride....not knowing that they stopped at 10 little villages with many passengers getting on and off the bus even 2am in the morning (
marco!!!!.....) finally we are here in
buenos aries after eating lots of
jamon with
queso (ham cheese sandwiches) i was ready for some really
yumming food in the big city!!! so we´
ve been here for 2 days now and tonight we are going to see a tango dinner-show ;) it should be lots of fun!!! with all this traveling we are both now sick... got a little cold. the weather changes from town to town, bus to bus,,, our poor bodies.... but another glass of wine and a warm blanket should be fine.
until then... adios!
