March 16th through April 6th, 2012
Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Salta, Chicoana, Cafayate, Mendoza, Santiago, Mendoza again, Buenos Aires again, Montevideo, Colonia del Sacramento, and Buenos Aires yet again. You can find part 1 right here.

Sunrise over the Tigre Delta. What a gorgeous introduction to Argentina, eh?

I wish every meal could be as perfect as this one was. Meats and cheeses and veggies and all sorts of pickled items and olives and peppers and I don’t even remember what else. This was the platter for two. Which is insane because it, plus a bottle of wine (or three), could have fed at least 4. Yum! (at Territorio in San Telmo, Buenos Aires)

Taken from the teleférico in Salta. That rainy, chilly, fogginess was the perfect environment to be in after loud, hot, sweltering Buenos Aires.

These trees were everywhere. I love them and their dark, twisted limbs for the same reason that I love Oak trees. (Um, because of their dark, twisted limbs.)

The Quebrada de las Conchas, once home to the Quilmes and Inca tribes, runs along the Calchaquí River for miles and miles and, according to Wikipedia, it “is best known for its contrast of colours and its unique geography that ranges from the mountain desert to the subtropical forest.”

La Garganta del Diablo (the Devil’s Throat), Quebrada de las Conchas

La Garganta del Diablo (the Devil’s Throat), Quebrada de las Conchas

That’s a llama. And also a few more llamas.

Wine from an oak cask. This wine, however, had not yet been aged. It was interesting to get to try different wines that were in the middle of different stages. Norton Winery, Mendoza, Argentina.

An olive tree on the Bonfanti vineyard. Theirs is a small family-owned winery and my favorite of the three I visited.

And wine from the Bonfanti winery. Yum! Their chardonnay was delicious (and I usually haaate chardonnay.)