• Eating Our Way Around Lima, Peru

    I heard Lima has amazing food including having the best restaurant in the world. So while we’re not “foodies”, we still enjoy good cuisine. Plus, its on the ocean AND we get to check out a new country. Win, win, win! The hardest part about booking this leg of our…

  • Wine Tasting in Mendoza, Argentina

    I was so excited to go wine tasting in Mendoza, but with over 1,000 wineries in the region to choose from, it was quite hard to whittle them down to the top couple. Unlike some other wine regions, you have to have reservations to be allowed in. Wine lunches seem…

  • Mendoza, Argentina

    Mendoza had been on my short list for Argentina for a very long time. And once I looked at pictures of some of the bodegas (wineries), I knew I needed to work this into our trip. Our arrival to Mendoza started with some drama as we got in a (minor)…

  • Chocolate, Fondue, and Rain in Bariloche, Argentina

    At the top of my wish list for Argentina was going to Patagonia. I originally wanted the quintessential Patagonia – glaciers, snow capped mountains – so I was planning to go to El Calafate in the south. However, flight logistics had us change our plans to go to Bariloche in…