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  • well good morning guys and greetings from Mendoza Argentina today it's going to be an

  • wine-free day at least that's the plan

  • no vineyards no wineries no bodegas no wine no one number one we had all agreed

  • to this no wine instead if we are going to explore the city do some sightseeing and attractions

  • around Mendoza Argentina maybe find a pool ball day long to where we can have some peace

  • be Argentine pasta but no wine lovely breakfast in front of us we came to a cafe probably

  • wanna feed in light because yesterday was what would the brandy I'm gluttonous

  • today that describe that subscribe almost every day in the last week the

  • whole trip can they trip more or less

  • today is Deepak no wine it's gonna be a hard long day but the only good thing is

  • only 24 hours right now we'll go back to the old ways let me go back to the way

  • beautiful morning to be out now that we've had our breakfast we are walking

  • along by the kitchen at a San martín a massive park in the West End of the city

  • and it's just stunning like we have palm trees and Gardens

  • you have walking trails there's people like biking jogging just to working out

  • in general we also just went past ever got a club there's a few people rowing

  • there's like this long narrow Lagoon and you can see mountains often the horizon

  • and it's just very relaxing we were also here on our first day I mean I came for

  • a walk after sunset so very nice place what do you think what I think it's a

  • beautiful beautiful Park it's amazing to see the different varieties of trees and

  • palm trees and the weather in this province is so mild that they are able

  • to prosper here and yeah nice quiet it's a beautiful day I mean the weather

  • couldn't be better not a cloud in the sky not even one that's the reason why

  • this Mendoza province is called the province of the Sun sunshine and the

  • good wine great for visiting we've had great weather

  • so we are now visiting a top attraction monument that pays homage to the crossing of the Andes

  • the name is called the cerro de la gloria mount of glory mounted glory it's

  • a monument that was created to commemorate the army of the Andes yeah

  • this is the army that was created by general san martin to go across the

  • Andes and to fight into Chile and later on proof for the independence of these

  • countries from Spain yeah the minion of Spain yeah the

  • colonial Spain the monument has a few different like panel sections they

  • represent different things for instance this panel where we're standing right

  • now represent the first weapons manufacturers in the Argentinian soil a

  • priest that you see over there like her name is Trey Lewis Beltran and he was a

  • person in charge of the armoury and what you see here is their manufacturing

  • cannon and swords and spears getting ready because this was the area where

  • San martín assembled his army yeah Ross the end is here and AUSA so here is of

  • course the area where they also had to prepare all the weaponry and and

  • manufacture as much as they could because it was an army that was built

  • from scratch the Andes are right here yeah okay they cross over the mountains

  • and then they face the Spanish army in Chile they defeated the Spaniards in

  • Chile and then when northern superior Bible Oh bye see ya and then they fought

  • the Spaniards also in Peruvian soil and they liberated Lima and there's a lot

  • more symbolism as you walk around like we have lady

  • there's Lady Liberty breaking the chains on top you can also see Hannah de San

  • martín on his horse at the front of the monument and here you have a detailed

  • account of the forces infantry mm 795 cavalry 742 militia 1200 and miners

  • 120 so it wasn't a huge army no I don't decide you have a condor over there

  • that it represents that the Condor is the master of the NBC oh yeah yeah thank

  • you for that history lesson that you shared with us and other visitors 3boy3

  • booth

  • massive

  • salut Argentinian pastas have arrived how are they

  • mine are stuck with spinach ricotta and it's got a lot of fillings they're like

  • free stuff creeps yeah yeah that's how my mom packed with spinach hope I would

  • approve I would approve how's yours mine is good yeah I almost choked do

  • that before yeah VIN yogi they are made with a potato and recorded cheese oh

  • they're out of the world super good super good super good Wow I

  • got sorentino's and I haven't tried them but I'm going to right now sobbing

  • penile quarantine laws these are like giant ravioli is a specialty of

  • Argentina might have four cheese's inside and I put parmesan on top because

  • you know what when you have the option of five cheese there may be some ham

  • let's try it why not

  • oh my gosh that's cheesy goodness all of the pasta here is homemade it's freshly

  • made everyday our server told us that it varies a very high quality popular hair

  • place and we got a dessert

  • this one over here initiated so we are having both may be haunted which is a

  • sweet potato with cheese like a gym like a creamy cheese good damn it Julian

  • no it is good I'm stuff but I have food man it is the Atlantic means like a

  • policeman

well good morning guys and greetings from Mendoza Argentina today it's going to be an

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