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Cal's Travels: The Colchagua Valley
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. During the September 18 Fiestas Patrias. Which was almost completely devastated decades ago in its native France by a type of fly and is now almost exclusively produced in Chile. The first vineyard we visited was, as you can see, Viu Manent. We've visited vineyards before. Rather than show you the fermentation tanks and barrel room of Viu Manent, I'll refer you to the experience we had in the Cachapoal Valley. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Desayun...
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Cal's Travels: September 2013
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Sunday, September 29, 2013. During our visit to Buenos Aires, we did our best to explore as many of its diverse neighborhoods as we could. In addition to its trendier and more modern areas like Palermo and Belgrano, other sections of the city reveal its deeper history. In the case of San Telmo, one of its oldest neighborhoods, we found a community that once housed the city's dock workers who earned their keep in nearby Puerto Madero. Also like Puerto Madero, San Telmo is home to plenty of cafés and resta...
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Cal's Travels: March 2014
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Saturday, March 29, 2014. During the September 18 Fiestas Patrias. Which was almost completely devastated decades ago in its native France by a type of fly and is now almost exclusively produced in Chile. The first vineyard we visited was, as you can see, Viu Manent. We've visited vineyards before. Rather than show you the fermentation tanks and barrel room of Viu Manent, I'll refer you to the experience we had in the Cachapoal Valley. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Desayuno Bicicl...
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Cal's Travels: San Telmo
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Sunday, September 29, 2013. During our visit to Buenos Aires, we did our best to explore as many of its diverse neighborhoods as we could. In addition to its trendier and more modern areas like Palermo and Belgrano, other sections of the city reveal its deeper history. In the case of San Telmo, one of its oldest neighborhoods, we found a community that once housed the city's dock workers who earned their keep in nearby Puerto Madero. Also like Puerto Madero, San Telmo is home to plenty of cafés and resta...
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Cal's Travels: August 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013. First day in Buenos Aires. In February we planned a bus trip, across the Andes and then across the rest of the South America, with the goal of reaching Buenos Aires, the Pacific Ocean, and Uruguay. On the way we had looked forward to seeing the vineyards of Mendoza, the Jesuit architecture and countless universities of Córdoba, and sweltering city of Rosario and the mighty river that flows past it. Those restaurants surely benefit as much from tourist traffic as much as from the ...
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Cal's Travels: Last stop: Piriápolis
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Saturday, February 22, 2014. No trip to the South American Atlantic coast would be complete without a trip to the beach. Sure, Colonia. Had beaches, too. But both of those cities have plenty of other attractions to lure you away from the seaside. It's something else to go to a town where the beach itself is the reason to be there. Across from the harbor was a chair lift leading to the top of a hill overlooking the town and the surrounding coast. It was starting to look like rain! What a long day! A close...
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Cal's Travels: December 2013
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Across the Río de la Plata. There was more to our time in Buenos Aires than I've reported in the last few posts. The time we spent roaming Palermo and other residential neighborhoods. The various parks and green spaces, the pizza, grilled meats, and traditional Argentine dishes. The trip by train to the nearby river town of Tigre. It could even be argued that Uruguayans surpass Argentines in their fanaticism for the beverage. While we saw plenty of people drinking mate i...
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Cal's Travels: October 2013
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Sunday, October 27, 2013. Buenos Aires for export. Another of our days in Buenos Aires was dedicated to exploring the neighborhood known as La Boca. No trip to Argentina's capital would be complete without visiting this place, with its colorful buildings and equally colorful history, characterized largely by its Italian (mainly Genovese) influence. Today its streets are given over to the overwhelming amount of tourism the neighborhood receives. As they did in San Telmo. Dark, narrow alleyways have become...
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Cal's Travels: Across the Río de la Plata
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Across the Río de la Plata. There was more to our time in Buenos Aires than I've reported in the last few posts. The time we spent roaming Palermo and other residential neighborhoods. The various parks and green spaces, the pizza, grilled meats, and traditional Argentine dishes. The trip by train to the nearby river town of Tigre. It could even be argued that Uruguayans surpass Argentines in their fanaticism for the beverage. While we saw plenty of people drinking mate i...
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