Soon after arriving in Argentina, Justin and I discovered torrontés, a citrus-forward, mostly dry wine (according to Justin and Wikipedia). We hadn’t heard of it before, but it’s everywhere here! We wanted to explore more of Argentina, so we decided to head to Cafayete—home to torrontés, and probably the second most popular wine region in…
After three days in Lima, a couple days in Ollantaytambo and a day at Machu Picchu (you can catch up in my blog posts Part 1 and Part 2!) we ended our trip with four days in Cusco. Surrounded by hills on all sides, at more than 11,000 feet above sea level, it’s really beautiful.…
The first part of our trip to Peru took us to Lima for three days. If you missed it, you can read about it here! After an early flight from Lima to Cusco, we hopped in a taxi for a two-hour drive to Ollantaytambo, a small town in the mountains between Cusco and Machu Picchu.…
After we decided we were going to South America, the one big trip that Justin and I both agreed we should do was Peru. The main thing we wanted to see, because we’re so original (hah), was Machu Picchu. Peru was actually the first trip we’ve taken since we’ve been in Buenos Aires. We hadn’t…