Buenos Aires to Bariloche

March 7, 2012

Before heading to the Buenos Aires airport this morning, there is time to visit a local flea market, where not much has opened yet.

It looks like the Washington Monument

Airport shuttle

In the air

At last — the Andes!  Bariloche lies to the left (south) of the lake

From the little airport, it is an hour-long cab ride to our hotel overlooking the big lake.

The hotel grounds are ten miles from town

It's a 2½-mile walk to a restaurant

This nice Italian place has flower petals on the table tops

David has proclaimed that this will be my most expensive meal of the entire trip; I hope that proves to be the case.  Our first real test comes tomorrow as we tackle the area's most arduous hike.