Family & Wine, Safe at Home

Well, they made it back safely yesterday afternoon. It was still hard to say goodbye Friday, but not as hard as it was in July. Now, I think I'm realizing how close December actually is! It does not feel like 3 months have passed by. I know I haven't written in awhile, and I'm stealing internet from my neighbors right now. I can't remember what I talked about last, so forgive me if I repeat. I have a 7 page minimum research paper I'm trying to write on the Falklands War, so my brain is a little mushy. Today is actually Mother's day here! We are having a mother's day "asado" or barbeque in a little bit. The last few days the family was here, we were the busiest. We did an all day mountain tour to Aconcagua on Wednesday. It's only 5000 feet smaller than Everest. Dad was so thrilled that he got to save the altitude on his GPS, 9,546 feet or something. (I uploaded a picture of it on my link). On the way down from the mountain, we stopped at Puente del Inca, which is Argentine's version of Virginia's Natural Bridge. Needless to say, this one is much cooler. It's covered in sulfur deposits and has an old, unused now, hotel built into the side of the mountain. They had a nice mountain bizarre there that we all enjoyed too. We also went to 7 colors Mountain, which was colored because of all the mineral desposits, and it was really interesting too. I am slowly uploading all the pictures. Thursday was winery day- we visited 4. We had lunch at a beautiful winery called Ruca Malen. There, we met a couple from ROANOKE VA, and to make it even more hard to believe, they knew my freshman year room mate, Holly Butcher from Roanoke!!! She works for a wine distributing company in Roanoke strictly distributing South American wines. Cool job, huh? This picutre of Molly and I was taken after our first winery visit to Catena Zapata. Okay, I'm running out of time, but I will continue to upload and update! xoxo