Posted on 02/10/2009 7:42:52 PM PST by AfterManyASummer
I’ve been to Argentina twice now. My wife and I visited Mendoza and the wine country last year. The wineries were absolutely gorgeous with the Andes as a backdrop (and Argentinean Malbec is fantastic as well).
Buenos Aires is a phenomenal city with great museums and shopping at third world prices. Parts of Palermo and Recoleta remind me of areas of Paris or New York at half the price. And the steaks are incredible.
Argentina is one of my favorite places I’ve visited in the world. I’ve made some friends with Argentineans over the years, and I really feel sorry for what their leadership has given them. Their country has so much promise but keeps screwing it up (it seems to me to be light years ahead of Brazil and Mexico in infrastructure, etcetera). It’s the only country I’ve been to, for example, in Latin America where it’s totally safe to drink the tap water.
My successes there have allowed me to also grow more in the US (although organic growth can be painfully slow).
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