Chile & Argentina Travel Review: Valparaiso, Santiago & Mendoza Cooking Class, Wine Tours, Luxury Trip

Valparaiso was a beautiful and interesting city.  We enjoyed our tour up and down with our excellent guide.  Our guide and driver were very accommodating and sensitive to our ability to "hike" up long hills.

Our cooking lessons in Santiago and Mendoza were very enjoyable.  We learned a lot about the cuisines of the two countries and enjoyed the company of another couple each time. It's always fun to learn something new that we can bring back to our friends and family.

We've been on a lot of wine tours throughout the world and were very pleased to say that on almost every tour in Chili and Argentina, we learned something new about wine and tasting.  Good wines and very knowledgeable guides.  At the last winery we visited there was a family (of 4 generations) celebrating at a nearby table.  They were trying to take a picture of the family, but one person was not in the picture, so Ron offered to take the picture for them.  They were really grateful.  Then we learned that one of the "grandmas" was celebrating her 70th birthday.  Well, I just had to go over and give her a hug.  From that moment on -- we were part of the family also.  These are the moments that you remember.