Argentina Trip

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Seattle to San Fransisco
San Fransisco to Washington DC
Washington DC to Buenos Aires
Leads us to 4 nights in the Hilton Buenos Aires in the Puerto Madera District.  Highlighted by a trip to a Boca Juniors game at La Boca (nickname La Bombonera) Stadium.  I'm not sure of the spelling of the stadium's nickname, but it's one of the most famous in the world.  Argentina won the 1978 World Cup there.

Then an overnight bus ride to Mendoza for four nights in Wine Country and the Andes Mountains.  We were looking at driving to Santiago, Chile for a night.  One of the highlights of the drive is the pass you can go over is 15,400 feet above sea level.  For reference, Mt. Rainier is 14,411 feet.  Crazy.

We have 4 nights booked in Mendoza and from there the plan is murky as it will be Sunday and we leave the following Sunday from Buenos Aires.  The tentative plan is back to Buenos Aires and then up to Iguazu Falls along with an overnight or day trip by ferry/hydrofoil to Colonia, Uruguay.

I'll be posting here once I generate some good pictures and experiences.  Today I am attempting to pack and do laundry with a broken washing machine (high spin does not work).  Packing is a little tough, this trip we are going to be much more mobile but still gone for 17 nights.  So I am trying to limit Paty to one carry on size piece of luggage, but expandable.  Thus I need to do the same, plus a laptop sized carry on for both of us.  We don't want to be lugging around a bunch of luggage for two weeks.  Ideally I'd go all Amazing Race and backpack it up, but I don't have an appropriate backpack sadly.  The problem is that Argentinians are more formal when dining, especially dinner which incidentally starts around 11 PM.  So I need to reluctantly pack a pair of pants or even two and something more than a tee shirt.  It's 91 degrees today in Buenos Aires today.