A day wasted with flights and waiting in the airport but eventually it was all worth it as Bariloche is one of the most stunning places I’ve ever been in. It is a mixture of Switzerland and Norway - huge lake and lots of mountains. We had a half day tour which took us around part of the lake. We also went up a chairlift and the view was spectacular. The lake is an unbelievable blue!
Barloche is also the chocolate capital of Argentina - I’m trying to control myself! As it’s classed as an Alpine area Fondu is often on the menu and yes I tried one it was just as you would get in Switzerland!
A day trip on a boat started in quite a spectacular fashion. We’d been told that we were having a half day trip leaving at 12:30 so had just started what we thought was a leisurely breakfast. Suddenly one of the hotel staff came to us and told us we had a message! Well the message was that the bus was waiting for us!! We jumped into gear and finally arrived on the bus apologising profusely but we did have the paper to show that the times were wrong. Anyway we spent an interesting day travelling on the boat and exploring a couple of islands. All you could do was stare at the wonderful views. We had been given a raffle ticket at the start of the trip and Valda won a, you’ve guessed, box of chocolates! She doesn’t eat chocolates so guess who has to demolish them!!!
Today we received a call from the company who got things wrong yesterday with profuse apologies and therefore not only gave us a couple of chocolates each but offered us a free trip on a cablecar to a revolving restaurant!
Unfortunately we decided to peruse the shops before our trip and both of us ended up buying leather jackets - made in Argentina of course!
Our trip in the cablecar and the revolving restaurant gave us spectacular views of Bariloche and the surrounding mountains. We had a very leisurely lunch enjoying the views! After descending we were waiting for a free bus when an Argentinian family tried to engage us in a broken English conversation and with our little Spanish and much miming I think we kept the bus queue entertained. They were a lovely family and we had photo’s taken together plus kisses goodbye!
Tomorrow we board a boat which takes us into Chile so it’s goodbye Argentina!
Some of the things which have been interesting in Argentina are:
Everything is shown as $ so you get a shock when you see a salad for $85 but that is really pesos and you divide by 6
The Argentinian’s are a very huggy/kissy nation - we’ve been hugged and kissed on a number of occasions and have restrained ourselves from shouting “Get a room” many times including on flights!
Ask for a Gin & tonic - they bring the gin and pour until you yell “Stop”and the gin is usually cheaper than the tonic!
Barloche is also the chocolate capital of Argentina - I’m trying to control myself! As it’s classed as an Alpine area Fondu is often on the menu and yes I tried one it was just as you would get in Switzerland!
A day trip on a boat started in quite a spectacular fashion. We’d been told that we were having a half day trip leaving at 12:30 so had just started what we thought was a leisurely breakfast. Suddenly one of the hotel staff came to us and told us we had a message! Well the message was that the bus was waiting for us!! We jumped into gear and finally arrived on the bus apologising profusely but we did have the paper to show that the times were wrong. Anyway we spent an interesting day travelling on the boat and exploring a couple of islands. All you could do was stare at the wonderful views. We had been given a raffle ticket at the start of the trip and Valda won a, you’ve guessed, box of chocolates! She doesn’t eat chocolates so guess who has to demolish them!!!
Today we received a call from the company who got things wrong yesterday with profuse apologies and therefore not only gave us a couple of chocolates each but offered us a free trip on a cablecar to a revolving restaurant!
Unfortunately we decided to peruse the shops before our trip and both of us ended up buying leather jackets - made in Argentina of course!
Our trip in the cablecar and the revolving restaurant gave us spectacular views of Bariloche and the surrounding mountains. We had a very leisurely lunch enjoying the views! After descending we were waiting for a free bus when an Argentinian family tried to engage us in a broken English conversation and with our little Spanish and much miming I think we kept the bus queue entertained. They were a lovely family and we had photo’s taken together plus kisses goodbye!
Tomorrow we board a boat which takes us into Chile so it’s goodbye Argentina!
Some of the things which have been interesting in Argentina are:
Everything is shown as $ so you get a shock when you see a salad for $85 but that is really pesos and you divide by 6
The Argentinian’s are a very huggy/kissy nation - we’ve been hugged and kissed on a number of occasions and have restrained ourselves from shouting “Get a room” many times including on flights!
Ask for a Gin & tonic - they bring the gin and pour until you yell “Stop”and the gin is usually cheaper than the tonic!
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