We just thought this was cool, turns out, it's not

Perito Moreno breaks in winter for the first time ever. We saw pictures of the collapse when we were there, and thought wow, this must have been amazing to see! I'm sure it was, but it might be indicative of our climate's scary future...It is still one of the only 3 glaciers in Patagonia that is not receding, however.

Back in the States

I hope everyone that followed our blog enjoyed it. We landed back in Denver after a long night/day of flying over multiple countries. It's good to be back, other than the fact that it's colder than a witch's tata- well compared to the southern hemisphere this time of year. Our last week and a half was spent back in Buenos Aires, where we managed to eat a record number of ham and cheese sandwiches, medialunas, and one last alfajor. First thing I ate when I got back to CO was my favorite Qdoba naked vegetarian burrito, sans the sour cream and cheese. You really can't have enough burritos in your diet, I'm just saying...


Feels good to be home

I never want to see (let alone eat) another

Pizza, empanada, slice of ham or any variation: miga, tostado, ham and cheese croissant- while I'm on ham, meat of any kind, while I'm on croissants, croissant- alfajor, smidgen of dulce de leche, slice of bland quiche, boiled egg, or anything that has "beef fat" as an ingredient.

I plan to live on a steady diet of fresh vegetables (squash not included for the time being), ethnic food (Middle-Eastern, Thai, and Indian), the salad bar at Whole Foods, and fruit when we get back. And a nice cold Izze to wash it all down.

Punta Tombo - More Pinguino Pictures!

More Penguins and a Guanaco (llama relative) at Punta Tombo in Patagonia. Original post here.

Iguazu Falls - More Pictures

Just a few more of the many pictures we got at Iguazu Falls in December. The original post is here.

Mendoza

We're deep in wine country now, and back in the hot summer weather. Supposed to be 36 degrees C today, ouch. Mendoza is located right in the desert, but you wouldn't know it by all the trees and the giant park. Thanks to a complex irrigation system devised by the indigenous Huarpe people that runs throughout the entire city, Mendoza looks like it gets rain, when in fact, less than 200 mm falls per year.


Yesterday we rented bikes in Maipu, a town just a short bus ride south of Mendoza, and did a self-guided tour of the wineries in the area. It was fun, but sooooo hot. Couldn't tote any cases of wine back on the bikes, but I seriously considered trying.

On the way back, we had to take 2 different buses. The first one, from Coquimbito to Maipu, went fine (well, except the bus overheated and we had to transfer), but then we got on the wrong "9" bus, and ended up going all the way to the bus terminal, into the center of Mendoza, and started heading towards Godoy Cruz (far from where we were staying). Ended up getting off at a Walmart (joy!), and had to pay for a cab back to the hotel. The ordeal took probably 3 hours when it should have only taken 1. Sadly, this sort of thing happens to us all the time, so we weren't too surprised, even though we were just as pissed as usual.

Woop!

I'm an aunt! Wish I had pics to post! Mom, have Zach upload some and email them to me!!