Nous faisons les bagages. C’est tout un art d’empaqueter tant de choses dans un sac à dos qui peut passer comme bagage de cabine. On y arrive. Rodolfo et Olga viennent nous chercher à 11 h. Adieu au personnel de l’hôtel. Et adieu à Rodolfo et Olga.
Nous prenons le bus à 11 h 30. Beau bus très confortable. On nous sert même un café et un « alfajor ». J’avais vu ce mot pendant notre voyage entre Córdoba et San Juan, il y avait de la réclame pour les « alfajores » le long de la route. J’ai cherché sur internet et j’ai trouvé et même maintenant goûté: Ce sont des biscuits rond fourrés. Ceux que nous avons mangés étaient fourrés au « dulce de leche », cet espèce de lait superconcentré dont les Argentins raffolent. C’était très bon. A côté de nous, dans le bus, un homme lisait de la musique comme nous nous lisons le journal. Bon voyage de 2 h. Jens avait demandé au chauffeur s’il pouvait nous arrêter à l’aéroport, la route passe juste devant. Pas de problème.
Nous arrivons à l’aéroport de Mendoza à 14 h. Nous avons des billets pour l’avion de 17 h 30 mais un avion part pour Santiago à 15 h 10. Moi je ne suis pas chaude pour changer, la dernière fois tout le billet de Jens avait été annulé. Mais on le fait quand même et à 15 h 10 nous nous envolons pour Santiago. Pas de problème avec nos passeports où nous avons un tampon de sortie annulé. On ne nous demande même pas le document que les douaniers avaient pour expliquer cette annulation.
Arrivée à Santiago après 35 mn de vol, mais quel vol! Nous passons au dessus des Andes. Malheureusement nous sommes du mauvais côté et ne voyons pas l’Aconcagua (6962 m). Mais on voit de hauts sommets enneigés. Beau temps, 25-26 ° à Santiago. Taxi jusqu’à l’hôtel, le même où nous étions en novembre 2009. On a cette fois une chambre sur la rue. C’est Avenida Republica et à 50 m cette avenue croise Avenida Bernardo O’Higgins, une des grandes artères de la ville. Ce O’Higgins était un Libertador lui aussi et un copain du Libertador Martin, l’Argentin. On va se balader dans le quartier. C’est un quartier d’étudiants. Tout le long de cette avenue les belles grandes villas anciennes ont été transformées en universités privées. Aujourd’hui dimanche c’est mort, pas grand monde. On achète deux bananes, des cacahouètes et une bouteille d’eau. Puis un peu de travail pour Jens et blog pour moi. A 9 h, on a un petit creux. Tout est fermé dans le quartier. Juste en face de l’hôtel … un Macdonalds est ouvert. Eh oui, j’avoue, nous allons au Macdonalds! Les hamburgers y sont beaucoup moins bons que ceux servis à San Juan.
A 10 h 30 on se couche, bien fatigué.
We pack our luggage. It's an art to pack so much in a backpack that can pass as hand luggage. But we manage. Rodolfo and Olga pick us up at 11 o’clock am Farewell to the hotel staff. And farewell to Rodolfo and Olga.
We take the bus at 11 30 am. Nice bus, very comfortable. They even give us a coffee and a “alfajor”. I had seen that word during our trip between Córdoba and San Juan, there were publicity for the locals "alfajores" along the road. I searched the internet and I found it and now even tasted it: These are round cookies with filling. The ones we ate were stuffed with “dulce de leche ", this kind of cooked milk which is superconcentrate and that Argentineans adore. It was very good. Beside us, on the bus, a man was reading music as we read the newspaper. Good trip of 2 hours. Jens had asked the driver if he could stop at the airport, the road passes right by. No problem.
We arrive at the airport in Mendoza at 2.00 pm. We have tickets for the plane at 5.30 pm but there is a plane leaving for Santiago at 3.10 pm. I'm not very keen to change our tickets, the last time Jens’entire trip had been canceled. But we do it anyway and at 3.10 pm we fly to Santiago. No problem with our passports where we have an exit stamp canceled. They do not even require the document that the custom officer made to explain the cancellation.
We arrive in Santiago after 35 minutes of flight, but what a flight! We pass over the Andes. Unfortunately we're on the wrong side and we did not see the Aconcagua (6962 m). But we see snow-capped peaks. Beautiful weather, in Santiago, 25-26 degrees. Taxi to the hotel, the same one where we stayed in November 2009. This time we have a room on the street. It is on the Avenida Republica and at 50 m there is an intersection with Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins, one of the major arteries of the city. This O'Higgins was a Libertador and also a friend of Libertador Martin, the Argentinean one. We go for a walk through the neighborhood. This is a student neighborhood. All along this street, beautiful large old villas are converted into private universities. Today is Sunday and very quiet. We buy two bananas, peanuts and a bottle of water. Then a bit of work to Jens and blog for me. At 9 pm, we are a bit hungry. Everything is closed in the neighborhood. Just opposite the hotel ... a Macdonalds is open. Yes, I admit it, we're going to Macdonalds! By the way their burgers are not as good as those served in San Juan.
At 10 30 pm we go to bed, very tired.
We take the bus at 11 30 am. Nice bus, very comfortable. They even give us a coffee and a “alfajor”. I had seen that word during our trip between Córdoba and San Juan, there were publicity for the locals "alfajores" along the road. I searched the internet and I found it and now even tasted it: These are round cookies with filling. The ones we ate were stuffed with “dulce de leche ", this kind of cooked milk which is superconcentrate and that Argentineans adore. It was very good. Beside us, on the bus, a man was reading music as we read the newspaper. Good trip of 2 hours. Jens had asked the driver if he could stop at the airport, the road passes right by. No problem.
We arrive at the airport in Mendoza at 2.00 pm. We have tickets for the plane at 5.30 pm but there is a plane leaving for Santiago at 3.10 pm. I'm not very keen to change our tickets, the last time Jens’entire trip had been canceled. But we do it anyway and at 3.10 pm we fly to Santiago. No problem with our passports where we have an exit stamp canceled. They do not even require the document that the custom officer made to explain the cancellation.
We arrive in Santiago after 35 minutes of flight, but what a flight! We pass over the Andes. Unfortunately we're on the wrong side and we did not see the Aconcagua (6962 m). But we see snow-capped peaks. Beautiful weather, in Santiago, 25-26 degrees. Taxi to the hotel, the same one where we stayed in November 2009. This time we have a room on the street. It is on the Avenida Republica and at 50 m there is an intersection with Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins, one of the major arteries of the city. This O'Higgins was a Libertador and also a friend of Libertador Martin, the Argentinean one. We go for a walk through the neighborhood. This is a student neighborhood. All along this street, beautiful large old villas are converted into private universities. Today is Sunday and very quiet. We buy two bananas, peanuts and a bottle of water. Then a bit of work to Jens and blog for me. At 9 pm, we are a bit hungry. Everything is closed in the neighborhood. Just opposite the hotel ... a Macdonalds is open. Yes, I admit it, we're going to Macdonalds! By the way their burgers are not as good as those served in San Juan.
At 10 30 pm we go to bed, very tired.
Tout cela à mettre dans le sac
All this to be packed in the backpack
Le bus
La route entre San Juan et Mendoza
The road between San Juan and Mendoza
L'aéroport de Mendoza
Mendoza airport
Les Andes
Avenida Republica, Santiago
Corbeille du dimanche
Sunday basket
C'est la dernière corbeille
It is the last basket.
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