Post by Ella. Travel morning. Up before the crack of dawn. I’d booked a taxi for 4:45am. By 5:15 we were at the airport. The first ones. The guards were just waking up. Security screening not open until 5:30 they said. Which came and went. At 6am the screeners showed up. We were first in…
Day: April 18, 2024
El Piso and the Promenade
Post by Grubb. (Bariloche) On Tuesday we made dinner reservations at El Piso, a narrow, unassuming restaurant along Ave. San Martin in Bariloche. Squeezed behind a tiny coffee shop in a back room that had six small tables, this little restaurant had a five star reputation among traveling gourmets. It didn’t open until eight, so…
Contrasting Conquests
Post by Grubb The westward expansion of Argentina wasn’t finalized until the end of the 19th century when English arbitration got Chile and Argentina to settle on the Andes determining the border between both countries. The Jesuit explorer and friend of the Mapuche natives who suggested the Andes dividing line was Perito Moreno. In honor…