Two weeks

Can´t believe there´s just two weeks to go before the S. America portion of our trip is finished. We have mixed emotions about it - we´re a little sad, but excited to start the next part of our journey (and of course to see the family.) We are particularly excited to be traveling to Europe in style at the end of April. Our (self-dubbed) "favorite cousin" Andrew, who works for Norwegian Cruise Line, was able to get us a great rate on a 14-day cruise from Miami to Barcelona, for not a lot more than it would cost us to fly! Thanks Andrew!

In the meantime, we have spent a week in Mendoza, which is a very nice city in Argentina´s wine country. When we got here, someone approached us at the bus station offering an apartment in the center, which we took for 50 pesos (US $17) per day. It had a kitchen and balcony, and although it was a bit noisy, we enjoyed our time there - sitting on the balcony and watching the crazy drivers somehow avoid hitting each other. We also explored the local parks, wineries and restaurants.

The 12-hour night bus to Mendoza was not bad at all-we got the front seat on the upper level; it was really comfortable and when we weren´t sleeping we had a pretty cool view of the road in front of us.

Tonight we are taking another night bus (and we got the front seats again) across the country to Rosario, which is a bigger city and the birthplace of Che Guevara. We plan to spend five days there and then head to San Antonio de Areco, which is a gaucho town near Buenos Aires. Then, finally, to the capital for the last five days of the trip. I think I have just enough memory in the camera for the photos from this stage, so I won´t be uploading any until April when we´re back in Florida.

Hasta Pronto