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…
Father’s Day Week in Roanoke
Steve (DOS) and I spent Father’s Day weekend/week in Roanoke, Virginia, and as always enjoyed being back home in Virginia where I grew up. It’s always feels like I’m being welcomed home when I see the Blue Ridge Mountains, and…
Staying in Daytona Beach Shores while my roof is replaced!
My roof was damaged last year during Hurricane Irma, and I’ve been patiently waiting nearly a year to get it replaced. While I didn’t have the extensive damage I had back in 2004 when it was last replaced, (thanks to…
Travel home from Mendoza
I’m jumping around a bit from the last post where we were mountain and wine touring in Mendoza, Argentina, but we’ve been quite busy since we got back. One of the reasons we like going to South America in ‘our’…
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…