After nearly six months of travel (more than half of our "parenthesis"), more than 20 000 km traveled, visited 4 countries (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile), we await with great anticipation Alex's parents arriving at the airport in Santiago: 15 days of rest, "fitness" (the whole crew including the camper will go to the garage 2 times and will undergo a large cleaning and refurbishment complete!), transition before returning to the Andean highlands. Just arrived and found towards the small Chilean town of Los Andes, 80 km north of Santiago, a village full of charm, with the backdrop of the snowcapped Andes, and the image of Chile, both very rural but modern. We spend two days to recover from jet lag before crossing (Recross in our case) the Andes. Antoine is very glad to have found Grandma and Grandpa that he will not leave ... And Grandma's suitcase full of gifts does not diminish his happiness ...
We take the direction of Argentina and spend Ruta by the magnificent seven, his collar at 3300 meters and welcome once again the Cerro Aconcagua and its almost 7000 meters. The road is even prettier in this direction ...
After a long day's drive, we are installed Chacras Coria for a dozen days, nice little village 15 km south of Mendoza.
Mendoza, almost totally destroyed during two major earthquakes in the 20th century is a pleasant town with its houses and low buildings and sycamore (plane) that protects the sole
it almost all of its streets. And yet we're in the desert, thanks to "acequias (irrigation ditches) dating from the days of Indians and colonization, the city and its surrounding" suburbs "(we are) has greens, d shade and cool! In Argentina we drink good wine (almost as good as Saint Pantaleone!) And region of Mendoza is the wine capital, it generates more half of the national wine production, and bottles are known worldwide. Argentine wines are mainly from grapes from Europe ... the show still returning to Malbec.
We stay here during the harvest and Vendemia (harvest festival) in Mendoza in full swing. We admire a magnificent parade throughout the city, gauchos, Indians, and other folk dancers. Quite the Cuyo (Mendoza) who is here in celebration during the first 15 days of March. As
bars in Breton villages, Chacras Coria has not less than 3 Carniceria. This will enable us to during our stay a sort of tower of gastronomy Argentina, namely a 360 from everything that can be grilled in a beef (vacio, lomo, Entran, costilla ..). Alex and perfected his art of the asado ...
We will therefore almost two weeks, "quiet" in a very nice house ... we are rediscovering the comfort and joy as a more sedentary life. And it's still very nice ... We take the presence of Grandma and Grandpa to celebrate a little ahead of Anthony 2 years and 30 more of Alex. This break family will pass very quickly, so that parents Alex left, we find it hard to hit the road: we extend our stay a few days, we feel comfortable in this house where Anthony has found a boyfriend, Lucca almost the same age who share the same passion for small cars Alex and a semblance of Jalil ... (Lucca's father, Javier!)
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