Our two hour flight from San Martin de Los Andes back to Buenos Aires was uneventful. We checked in to the Magnolia Hotel and had dinner reservations at Fogon, a trendy single seating restaurant that specializes in meat cooked over a wood fire. They serve a nine course dinner featuring smoked meat, broiled meat, roasted meat, sweet meat and more meat. It was delicious and the meal took over three hours including dessert (not meat)

After dinner the walk back to Magnolia was welcomed to help digest all that meat. The air was warm and humid but felt good. Buenos Aires has been called the Paris of South America, and it’s easy to see the similarities. Plain trees line the streets with their distinctive peeling bark and large leaves. Statues dot the landscape, and numerous parks are full of people enjoying the green space and sunshine. Outdoor cafes are everywhere, with diners eating and drinking as the heat of the day slowly fades with the light. If they were all speaking French you would be in Paris.

Breakfast at the hotel and a ride to Aeroparque in the morning and we’re off to Mendoza, a short flight from Buenos Aires for the next leg of the journey .