Wine and Olive Oil Gallore!

Today Amber and I took a tour though our hostel to tour two wineries and an olive oil factory. It was really amazing. We had some good wine, and some better wine! We bought a bottle of wine that was especially made for the wedding of the owner's daughter, which is now rare and they are having to reproduce. It cost $30 but the maturation is for ten years in the bottle, so in 2013 Amber and I have a date with a bottle of wine to remember our amazing South American Adventure! The woman at the winery told us the similar bottle of wine in the states sells for over $200.00.

We also watched to see how olive oil is made. It smells so damn good when its made freshly in front of you! We bought a small bottle that we will probably use along the way in our trip but it is delicious all the same. We have to get some bread because it is so damn tasty!

All in all the two wineries and the factory tour cost us each $15.00. I am happy to say that Argentina is MUCH cheaper than Chile (the one wine tour in Chile cost $14.00 plus the cost of taxi and metro to get there!).

Lately Amber and I have been discussing our route through Peru and Ecuador. We are trying to decide if we want to spend more time in Bolivia where it is really inexpensive and avoid the long trip up the coast of Peru to get to Quito for the end of our trip. In the long run it may be more expensive to take our time and travel up than to buy a ticket from Cusco to Quito. We are looking into it, but any of you American friends who have traveled along the coast of Peru please give us your opinions. We have a lot to consider still!

Now that we are a week into our trip, Amber and I are traveling so smoothly. Its really great as we walk our butts off all over the city and explore. We are happy to see all that we are seeing and cannot wait for more! We will have a 14-hour bus ride to Bueños Aires tomorrow night, but it should be a good time for rest --- we hope!!

Love,
Katie

P.S. Last night a lot of protesting began in the city when we tried to go out to dinner. Everyone was honking their horns and banging on pots and pans. When we turned on the news we saw that Córdoba, a city north of here, is really in protest. The conflict is the city people against the government and their rights. We still are safe and are happy we planned to skip Córdoba before we knew about the protests that are going on there. We'll keep you updated if anything else comes of it.