Mendoza Moments

The public holiday of August 15th offered us a great excuse to do a couple's mini trip to Mendoza. Most of you might remember that the last time we were visiting Mendoza was nearly two years ago.









The flight over the Andes takes less than an hour. Just enough time to admire the beautiful mountains and to play a bit with the camera!

Mendoza is a place where it's always nice to return to. Cute, outdoorsy and somehow sleepy in comparison to Santiago. Which of course gives us a welcome change. Food, shopping, weather, action - all is great in Argentina!

So the first thing we did after arriving in Argentina, was to get a good lunch with some delicious Malbec.

With full bellies we headed to Sarmiento, the main pedestrian area in the centre of Mendoza.

Me at my favourite pastime, window shopping. Okay, second favourite, after actual shopping! ;)

Some Mendoza art made by Lukas.

Next to the fantastic wines and steaks, Argentina is famous for different leather products.





In the evening it was time to chill and listen to some local live band that was playing in the Parque Independencia.







On Saturday, while the girls headed to the Mendoza Plaza Shopping Mall, the guys thought shopping doesn't give enough adrenaline kick. (Obviously, they haven't been bargain shopping ever...) Instead, they booked a little adventure trip over Mendoza.











On Sunday we went exploring the calm city's gigantic park, Parque San Martín.

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Lo que cambió ayer
tendrá que cambiar mañana
así como cambio yo
es esta tierra lejana.
Cambia, todo cambia.
Mercedes Sosa

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Jolly July

I know, naughty me - the posting pause happened by accident, I swear! But I have an excuse: July literally flew by as I spend the month country hopping between Austria and Finland.
However, the holidays were fabulous, and I'd like to prove it to you by showing you some of these images - the best moments of the vacation in Austria, s'il vous plaît!

The holidays consisted of...

Lovely trips in a great company to Feldkirch...

And to Dornbirn...

And to Lindau in Germany...

Nature's wonderous miracles...

The Birthday.

The venue in the garden.

The Maruler Festival Week in the beginning of July included my birthday, among others. My dream for the birthday was to have an Italian style garden party with an Alpine view. I invited just my closest friends, to whom I offered wine, beer and barbecued treats with a Finnish-Austrian touch.

Andi the Chef.

Later that evening, it was time to unwrap the prezzies. And boy, where they amazing! ;)

Without everybody's help I couldn't have organised such a great party. I would like to thank you all who were there to make this possible and to share this special day with me! It means the world to me.

Here some impressions from the helicopter flight, which was one of my gifts.

Thank you, my co-pilots!

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It's never too late to be who you might have been.
George Eliot

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