Mendoza

This beautiful weekend began slightly late, because Retiro (the bus terminal of BA) was packed completely full of people waiting for their delayed Micros (buses). We finally arrived to our silly hostel on Thursday afternoon, rested and had an amazing dinner at a "super fancy" restaurant named "Azafrán".

I ordered "Petit Filet" and it was delicious. It had bleu cheese and yummy sauces/flavors, which is rare to find in Argentine cuisine!

The next day we got busy. We were transported to Las Termas Cachueta on the outskirts of the city of Mendoza. We were in the Andes Mountains at hot springs. It was beautiful and looked like this:

Before we actually got in the termas, we went rafting. I would call it white water rafting, but there weren't many waves, so I feel like that would be an over-statement. It was still eventful and at times scary...some people did fall overboard! We had amazing tour guides, full gear (see below :), and one of the guides took lots of awesome action photos, that I will post soon! We had a great time and it was a really packed adventerous day compared to our last vacation!

While we were rafting we met a really nice porteña named Romina. She's super funny and her mom and aunt were so sweet they watched our stuff for us while we swam in the termas! She lives not too far from Niall so we're going to hang out with her a lot!

That night we were so pooped that we just chilled in the hostel, drinking some wine and telling silly Harry Potter jokes (our usual activities). The next day we woke up bright and early again to start our adventure in Maipú--a city on the outskirts of Mendoza that has lots of beautiful bodegas (wineries/vineyards). We rented bikes from a company called "bikes and wines" (see the logo below! Ate the "Biker Menú" at a magical restaurant and had a blast.

Below is Bodega Di Tommasino 1849!

After another packed day, this time we were starving and craving some Mexican Food! We went to a restaurant called "Cielito Lindo" and I was on cloud nine with the decor and familiar smells. This was as close to an Easter dinner as I got, and it was pretty nice! Check out our Fajita bar...

This was the really gorgeous church I spent Easter morning in. It was so peaceful and the art inside was incredible. Dad and Mom--you would've died for that mosaic behind the altar.

I missed being with people that celebrate Easter, but lots of things were the same, I ate chocolate and was with lots of people I love! This was an amazing weekend, but now that classes have started, I've got to do my work and choose which I'm going to stick with (ahhh decisions!!!) Hopefully I'll have a clearer idea of what to chose after this week. Off to art class!