Preparing to set off

Maipu wine tour

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March 28th 2007
As a belated celebration of our three year anniversary, we decided to go to Maipu, an area famous for its wineries. We hired bikes and got a map of the area. We visited six different wineries, a chocolate factory and an olive factory. As you can imagine we (BEX!) felt a little worse for wear by the end of the afternoon. For lunch we stopped off at a grill house, where we got all you can eat meat a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more