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Ken's Blog from Argentina
 Posted
12/12/2009 1:01:00 AM
Ken's WeBlog, September, 2006
Thursday:
Up at 3:45 to head for the airport. In BA there are two airports, one for domestic and one for international flights. That makes for interesting connections, by the way. For us, it was off to Mendoza. Wish we had time to stay for more than a day but we at least wanted to see the real location where these great big raspy Malbecs come from.
Where to start? The foothills of the Andes is where you are. We drew a day with some overcast and were only able to see the outline of the mountains but some of the photos decorating the walls of the vineyards filled in the blanks about why the vintners feel they’re working inside a post card. The stark beauty of white jutting up from what appears to be endless fields is different from anything in North America.
We had ...
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