Bariloche

So my family came last Monday and spend Mon-Wed in Buenos Aires. I got to show them all the places I hang out and we went to a Tango show. Unfortunately we didn't tell the travel agent that i have already seen Senor Tango, so I got to see it for the 2nd time!!!! (kind of a disappointment) On Thursday, my mom, dad, Hilary, Kelsey, Jessie, and I all flew down to Bariloche, the lake district. Bariloche is kind of Lake Tahoe....very scenic with tourist towns.

When we got there, we unloaded at our hotel, Design Suites and went to the civic center/downtown area to look around and eat lunch. We had lunch at this place call Crocadila or something like that. It had great pizza and later we found out that Mike's "uncle" owns it. The downtown felt like we were in Switzerland or some ski-town. Bariloche is known for its chocolate so of course we had to walk around and taste the various chocolates and ice cream. In the main square there were tons St Bernards and their owners "pimped" them out. They were trying to get us to pay money to take a picture with the dogs....they had baby ones too! That afternoon we went to Cerro Otto, which was a look at point you get to by gondola. We had coffee in the rotating restaurant.

The next day we took an all day boat tour to see Puerto Blest, Lago Fria, and Puerto Fria. It was a lot of fun to be on the boat, but not so fun to be with tons of other tourists. We walked around and saw great views. The next tour day we took a 7-lakes drive. It was pretty boring because we sat in a car ALL day, but the view of the lakes was amazing. We saw the world's shortest river and got out of the car at different scenic points. The last tour we went on was to Isla Victoria. It was my favorite because we split from the group once we got there, so it was nice just to be with the 6 of us and nature. That day it was Easter, and my mom decided to bring easter eggs for a hunt on Isla Victoria. I'm 20 and Hilary is almost 18, so we are definitely too old for egg hunts, but it was still fun. Jessie found the golden egg. My mom and Hilary went swimming in the lake....brrr. Overall, the tours were fun. We were the only ones that spoke English and the tours were completely in Spanish. The tours lasted all day. We would leave by 9 am and get back just in time for dinner at 8pm. They were exhausting days, but really fun.

Other than tours, we spent our time eating and at the hotel. The food in Bariloche was amazing. I did not eat one bad meal. Food in Argentina in general is not my favorite, but Bariloche food was soooo good. We had italian, traditional parilla argentine, fondue, and a brewery. Each place was amazing. I had never had meat fondue before, and it was surprisingly good. I really can't describe how good the food was. The dinners were probably one of the biggest highlights of my trip.

Monday, we flew home and Hilary and my dad continued on to Calafate. It was a great Easter break and I was happy to get to see my family (minus Sallie).