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July 11, 2008

Mendoza, Nuestro Hogar

written by Spencer Alexander on July 11, 2008 at 11:47PM in Traveling

In our recent trip to Mendoza, Argentina, we unexpectedly discovered the city in which both Nicole and I would like to stay for the next five months. Although we’ve both been to Mendoza before (Nicole once, myself twice), we didn’t fall in love with the city in the same way the first two times.

In our travels through Argentina, each city has been incredible: Buenos Aires had so much culture and could have kept both Nicole and I busy exploring for the next 5 years; Cordoba was a very youthful, alive city, where we no doubt would have enjoyed the university atmosphere; Salta was incredibly gorgeous, comparable to New Zealand (which says a lot, in my opinion), but at the same time modern and fun.

When we got to Mendoza, we found a bit of each mixed into one ‘smaller’ city (it is home to 1.5 million Argentines), but we also found much more; the city was the most active city that we’ve come across so far. The Parque San Martin was host to many activities, from families playing soccer in the fields during their Sunday family days and bikers getting in their daily workout in the trademark biker outfit to business men getting in a quick run before/after work. We partook in many of these activities, from running through the lovely park to kicking the futbol back and forth between the two of us (while the Argentines laughed at how poorly we were doing so).

After spending 8 days in Mendoza (we had planned to spend 2 or 3), we have definitely made up our mind that this is where we want to be for the next 5 months. We have begun searching apartments, and have already found some good leads. Nicole has started the application process to the school, and I will be searching for volunteering opportunities in Mendoza once we return. Wish us luck!

Tags: Mendoza, Settling Down and Argentina

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