One of the most exciting parts about this semester, I think, is that it's really easy to decide in the middle of the week if you want to travel that weekend. This being the case last week, the idea of going to Argentina came up on Monday and on Thursday, I was going to buy 5 bus tickets to MENDOZA, Argentina for myself, Tomas, Michelle, Matt and Josue. Because it was a 3 day weekend (Monday was Labor Day), much of Santiago was also going to Mendoza, Argentina's wine capital, which is about an 8 hour bus ride east through the Andes into Argentina. On Saturday night, after finding several hotels and hostels filled, we settled upon the Mariana Real Hotel, relatively close to the center of town and for about US$10 a night. Def. more
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