Travelogues Mendoza

We have reached our last stop in Argentina with Mendoza. Originally, we had planned to visit Salta in the north before Mendoza. However, there is currently a major dengue fever...

Mendoza was the best choice to restart after the jungle adventures - in Argentina. The sunny city is located at the foot of the Andes in the far west of the country and has a...

The journey to Mendoza lasted an endless 27 hours. It is worth mentioning that the seat next to me remained empty throughout the entire trip, so the ride in the cheap seats was...

Holaa :) It's me again with an update sobre mi vida en Argentina. I've never really been bored here. In addition to various work assignments for the university and...

Hello Today I'm going to tell you about two trips I took. The first one was a wine tour - on a bike. Doesn't sound like a good idea, especially when the wine is free and...

From Mendoza, we head into the Argentine Andes with a rental car - a top-notch adventure. We noted the stop points of an organized tour - about 3 hours drive until just before...

Hello There's an update after a long break. I can hardly believe that I have already been here for almost two months. But I want to tell you what has been happening with me in...

We were warned and prepared, and yet it hit us hard: the police in the border state of Entre Los Rios, known for its corruption, pulled us over during one of the popular road...

It's been a few days now, but I don't want to withhold from you what Tanja and I experienced in Mendoza (Argentina's wine capital near the Andes). When our coach arrived at...

Parque General San Martín

Córdoba (12.12-16.12) Mit 1.58 Mio. Ew. ist Córdoba rund 10 Mal kleiner als Buenos Aires (und trotzdem ist )es die zweitgrösste Stadt des Landes). Da sich ein Grossteil der...

Mendoza We drove from Cordoba to Mendoza overnight. As soon as we got off the bus, we saw the magnificent Andes. It was a very impressive sight. On Sunday morning, we explored...

At the time I'm writing this post, I've been here exactly two weeks. To be honest, it feels like much longer because so much has happened. I get along really well with my...

Today we set our alarm for 7:30 am. We actually wanted to leave shortly after eight o'clock so that we would arrive in Mendoza as early as possible. The road there goes through...

Since in Argentina the saying goes "cash is king", we had to get cash again. Since our previous payment service provider did not have a branch in the city, we switched to...

The next morning we received breakfast delivered. Delicious sweet pastries and croissants. Since we wanted to get to know Malargüe better, we went to the tourist information...

The NORTON winery, located south of Mendoza, was founded in 1895 by British railway engineer Edmund Norton and taken over by Gernot Langes - Swarovski from Wattens / Tyrol in...

On January 8th, we finally start for real - we take over our camper. The whole procedure, including all the paperwork to be able to drive to Argentina, takes some time. The next...

Topic of Money: in Argentina there is an official exchange rate and a real one. The official exchange rate is the one officially recognized by the government and used by foreign...

Hi, I can get back online today, there is rarely WiFi in nature and often no good mobile reception.... After Mendoza and visiting Norton in Argentina, we continued southwards....

Mendoza in Argentina is my next stop. Mendoza is known for its wine. The perfect place to process the past few weeks.

The journey begins… in Munich. First, I went to Zurich and from there to São Paulo. The flight to São Paulo lasted twelve hours, but it went by relatively quickly. Because of...

We start in Uspallata - the main thing for us there was the ATM (max withdrawal approx. 50 EUR). After a short visit to the old furnaces, we go back up into the mountains. The...

Attached are the pictures from Quebrada del Condorito National Park. Here we could watch condors after a long hike to the "North Balcony." Very impressive. Next...

Of wine and bicycles and even more wine

The wine capital of Argentina and first stops in Patagonia.

From sun and park in Mendoza

Great, Sven is visiting again. It's always nice when the children visit us, we enjoy every day. Altitude acclimatization on the first day, overnight stay at 2800m. Visiting the...

Today we went to Aconcagua and did a short hike at Parque Provincial Aconcagua at 3,600 meters, you can really feel the altitude. After that, we had lunch in Las Cuevas, the...

With Felix and Leda we have gained two dear friends from Austria and Italy. This makes hiking even more fun. 3850m altitude, there is still room for improvement. Of course,...