Mendoza

Thursday night we went to the provence of Mendoza, wine country. We left on a private bus for everyone from my program to go stay in a cabin on river surrounded my mountains, aka one of the most beautiful places ever. I did not want to leave once we got there, I am definitely sick of the concrete jungle that I've been living in and will be excited to venture out in November and go see some more nature.

We got there Friday morning after a little over twelve hours on a bus, we immediately had some free time to just sit by the water. I read my book for my literature class, Estrella Distante. Then we had a humongous lunch, we all though it was just a tarta and salad, then we got milanesa and french fries, plus some amazing cake for dessert. Then we went on a hike through the mountains, it was a ton of fun, and just so great to be outside in the sun, away from smog and concrete. We then had the most amazing and elaborate snack ever, with medialunas, cake and tea, it was sooooo good! There will never be a better snack.

The next day we went on a hike in the morning, and wandered through the mountain, and that afternoon we toured a couple of wineries. We saw a cute little small winery. They had farm animals and for some reason I was taking pictures of the pigs. Not really sure why. Afterwards I kept saying "what am I doing? I'm from Iowa?" Kind of hysterical. We also went to the biggest winery in Argentina, Bianchi. You can easily buy wine in the states from this winery, so look for it while buying your next bottle.

The last day we were there we went white water rafting in the beginning. It was only class 2, but it was fun. The four guides were a ton of fun, they kept pulling people into the water and just generally enjoying ourselves. At one point the water was calm and they said we could jump in if we wanted. I did and immediately regretted it. It was a bit chilly. Even though we were wearing these huge suites it was still chilly.

We left later that day and I did not want to leave. Almost all of us suggested to CEA that they do a program with half being in Buenos Aires and the other half out by Mendoza.

Other then that I don't ahve much time left with classes, thankfully. Two midterms this week, then three more weeks of class, followed by finals, and then flying to the end of the world and backpacking back up to Buenos Aires. Definitely excited for that!!