Bariloche - Sunday January 6th

Well, here we are in "Bariloche" in the Northern region of Argentina called "Patagonia". We arrived last night;  I came to Bariloche with a friend Lucy who I met in a Spanish class in Buenos Aires.  Lucy plans to stay on for a few weeks here - what a great plan.  It is quite blissful here and very tranquil.

Here is the view from the cabin - not bad.  The mountains in the distance are actually in Chile.

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The cabin we are staying in with Wifi internet & satellite TV - such a connected world we live in now...

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Today, we walked around the area a bit and had a great lunch at a restaurant called "La Playa"  and the view was directly overlooking a lake.

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We were very sensible and shared a steak; it would have been to much food to eat otherwise and the steak was so good.  And we it had with some roasted vegetables and accompanied it with some fine Malbec.

Tomorrow, we are going on a boat tour that goes into the a park in area.  The area is full of birds and insects;  I don't think I have seen so many dragonflies in such a long time.  I am told that there are small armadillos that live in the area and tiny deer.  Apparently, the forests here inspired scenes in Walt Disney's Bambi.

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More photos online soon.

 

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