Mendoza

Steak and Wine

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June 17th 2014
A new blog post! After a good night sleep we were up nice and early to go cycling around some of the local vineyards. And by nice and early I mean about 10. Following the advice of Maggie, the lovely Argentinean working at our hostel, the four of us headed to the bus stop. With us were Rosie and Lottie who we had befriended the night before. It may sound like a silly idea to be cycling whi ... 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