First Day in Argentina

Today was our first full day in Argentina. Yesterday we left Santiago around noon on a bus headed toward Mendoza, Argentina. Crossing the Andies was amazing. Hard to imagine without seeing the photo, which I will upload later, but at one point we went up 34 switchbacks to get to the top. It was crazy. There really isn´t much of a mountain pass, just a place where the mountains are a little less tall. The road just goes up and over. For those Eastern Oregonites out there, it puts Cabage Hill to shame. We got into Mendoza around 7 at night and our bus left at 10 which left us little time to look around the city. We went down town for a while and looked around the central plaza, got some empanadas, changed some money and got on the bus headed for Cordoba. The trip from Mendoza to Cordoba lasted all night and we got into Cordoba at 8 this morning. Sleeping on the bus saves us the hassle and money of finding a place to stay. Today we looked around Cordoba. We looked at some pretty cool churches that are among the oldest in the hemisphere. We also looked around alot of the shops around and rested a while in the central plaza. We decided to take it easy so we went to a movie, Iron Man. Tomorrow we are leaving Cordoba around noon for the Waterfalls of Iguazu. It is a 22 hour bus ride so we will once again get our transportation and hotel at the same place.