Around Santiago (Chile)

Mainly headed back to Santiago to spend a few days in the vineyards close by and to have a couple of days of catch up before heading to Buenos Aires. Thus, Casey, Tanis, Wade and I rented a car and headed out to wine country. We went to two vineyards and chose them on the basis that we have enjoyed their wine in Cayman and therefore thought it would be neat to see the vineyards themselves.

After Concha Y Toro we tried to go to another vineyard, Santa Rita, to stay in their hotel right on the vineyard. However, without a reservation we were turned away. So having no plan, we hit the road and found ourselves at a micro winery. The tour was short and sweet given the owner did not speak English and our Spanish was limited. Nevertheless, he kindly pointed us in the direction of Rancagua, an industrial town where we hoped to spend the night. Of course, trying to follow directions given to us in Spanish in a Country which, by all accounts, is trying to save money by not creating street signs, turned out to be a bit of a challenge. We thought we had exited onto the PanAmerican Highway until we came across a sign that we could not read but basically seemed to indicate that this highway had come to an end! After a little off-roading and a trip through the ditch, we eventually got ourselves onto the PanAmericanĀ but of course the wrong way. We eventually got ourselves turned around and made it to Rancagua.
Much to our surprise we went for dinner in Rancagua and the owner of the restaurant had just moved back to Chile from Canada. He had been living in Alberta for the past 35 years as a wine sommelier at Lake Louise. What a small world.

After the vineyard tours, we returned to Santiago for a few days on our own. Casey & Tanis flew to Buenos Aires to meet up with Tanis's parents who are traveling with them for about 3 weeks in Argentina. Wade and I spent the next 3 days in Santiago catching up on our housekeeping (yes you would be surprised how many chores you have even when you are a nomad).


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