To the wine country Photo 5

To the wine country

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July 28th 2010
For winter break Eric and I went to Mendoza. We took a bus over the Andes which turned out to be a beautiful ride. That ride itself was like a tour. We drove past Aconcaguaus, the highest mountain in all the Americas. It took us about nine hours to reach Mendoza, the boarder alone took a couple of hours to cross but once we crossed the driver was on a mission to get us there fast. When we fir ... 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