Barrels of the stuff

Wining and dining in Mendoza

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March 16th 2008
Day 139: Food tours Having been woken up at six to a delicious breakfast of coffee and two minipackets of savoury and sweet biscuits, there was only half an hour of the journey left, before we arrived at Mendoza bus station. As is always the way with long nightbus journeys, I hadn't slept too well and was looking forward to having a hot shower and getting settled in our next accomodation; but n ... read more

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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