So we have crossed over into our 10th country of our trip! We took the bus from Santiago to Mendoza which should have been the easiest border of them all. I say should because when we got to the border we were taken to a room and the lady pointed at the computer screen that said user name and pass word!? as of January 7th Canadians, Americans and australians have to pay the reciprocity fee that you always paid arriving by air but now it's by land as well... needless to say no one knew what to do yet point at the screen. They only took credit card that u had to set a profile up on a computer and print the page for them to scan no cash. All I can say is shit show! but we figured it out and the bus was only delayed by an hour:) We are staying at a super cute bed and breakfast in the center of town, friday night we went and saw a futbol match which was fun it was the under 20's qualifying match for the world cup we saw Argentina vs Paraguay and Chile vs Bolivia. Let's just say Argentina lost so the fans were not to happy! Yesterday we went on a wine tour, ourselves and 2 others got a driver for the day and he took us to 3 wineries. Belasco de Baquedano was the first and they had a Aroma room which we were told there are only 6 in the world and this was the only one in Latin America. There were 50 scents that you smelt so you could learn how to identify the different flavors and scents in the wines it was super interesting. Next we went to Chandon which is champagne and then Norton where we tried wines from each process, oak barrels and stainless steel tanks. All in all great day! It has been 38 degrees here so super hot but a very nice place. We are here till tomorrow night when we take an overnight bus to Buenos aires. That's all for now we need to go to the store before siesta:)
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