Mendoza Rest Days

The rest days were mostly spent hiding from the insane heat (44°C 🥵) in an apartment with aircon and eating icecream.

Laetitia, who I had met in Uyuni 6 weeks ago, was in Mendoza too and so we met up for a self guided bike'n'wine tasting tour in Maípu, an hour outside of the city, on one of the days.

We visited a total of 4 wineries, which were all very different from each other: From the family run, slightly shabby looking Botega with great personal recommendations, to the fancy winery overlooking it's vineyards and olive trees.

And because cycling and sipping wine all day makes you hungry, the day was topped up with an incredibly good, traditional Argentinian BBQ platter for three in a Parrilleria in the city centre that evening.

Another Mendoza highlight was its huge park, Parque General Martin, at 5min walking distance from the Airbnb.
It's the first really big and green park I've seen since coming to South America. This put Mendoza on the pole position of my favourite cities of the trip so far 👍

Lastly, the week was used to coordinate the planned christmas dinner and baking with 8 other fellow cyclists who will all be here over xmas.🎅🎄

Bye for now and see you soon again Mendoza👋

🚴‍♀️ Distance cycled: 40 km 🍷
🍷 Wineries visited: 4
🍦 Icecreams eaten: ♾️
🚴‍♂️Cyclists met: 1
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