On our first day of wine touring, we went to two wineries plus had a wine pairing lunch at a third. After having a full breakfast in the hotel, we packed up and checked out of our hotel, the Hyatt…
Wonderful dinner in Santiago at Oporto Steakhouse!
On our first day in Santiago, Steve (DOS) and I rested up a bit from the trip last night from Miami. When we arrived in the morning, we checked into the Hyatt Centric Hotel and walked around a bit before…
Fourth of July Week in Santiago
This year the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday; smack dab in the middle of the week, so it means no work travel for us road warriors. I’m taking and extra 3 days vacation next week, so I have…
Mendoza Wine Touring 2018 – Day 2
We started our second and last day of wine touring thru the Luján de Cuyo region of Mendoza. Like yesterday, we would tour two wineries, followed by a late lunch at a third winery. Our first stop today was at Pulenta Estate…
Winery Touring around Mendoza May 2018 (Day 1)
This is our third trip to Mendoza, and as we did on the last two trips, we took wine tours for a couple days with Vendimia Wine Tours. Leo is the owner of Vendimia, and we used him the last…
Day tour to the Andes Mountains
Our first full day of touring in Mendoza was an excursion to the beautiful Andes Mountains, which we had previously arranged with Leo, owner of Vendimia Wine Tours. This is our third trip to Mendoza and we have used Leo’s…
Memorial Day Weekend in Mendoza
Steve (DOS) and I are currently in Mendoza, Argentina for the Memorial Day Weekend thru Wednesday. We left on Friday evening, and will be back on Thursday morning. For the quick long weekend, we made sure we had enough luggage…
Pre-Vacation Work travels to Newark and Houston
Had a busy last couple of week with work travel. After spending Mother’s Day weekend in Virginia visiting my family, I flew from Roanoke to New Jersey for the work week.As Roanoke is a small airport, I flew from Roanoke…
Spring Stay-cation at Hyatt Cypress Creek Orlando
We had a couple out of town family members attending a conference in Orlando, so Steve (DOS) and I used this as an excuse to see them and do a mini-staycation at one of our favorite hotels; the Hyatt Regency…
The Amtrak Auto Train – Getting there is half the FUN!
After a nice Easter visit with my family in Roanoke, Virginia, it was time to head south once again to our home in Orlando. As my parents have recently relocated to the English Meadows Retirement Home (former Elk’s Home), they…