Outside Mendoza city, we wind and weave along Los Camino del Vino through vast dry valleys with the beautiful snow-capped Andes dominating the breathtaking views. Fabian tells us that melting snows and glaciers in the Andes Mountains runs into the Mendoza desert through extensive man-made irrigation systems. The question on my mind was how wine production [...]
Debbie and I are repeatedly asked, “Who decides and plans everything we are seeing and doing in South America?” Answer: Allison, Collette’s product manager for South America. The passengers are very intrigued by Allison’s job and we tell them about the product department and what the product manager’s job entails (as best we marketers know!). [...]
Debbie and I board the vintage train and grab seats up in the front of the car which our group has been assigned. Burgundy velvet seats and wood paneling gives the 1913 train a nostalgic feel.
I must admit I’ve never been much of a train person …it brings me back to family vacations when my [...]
Today we will climb aboard Chile’s famous wine train, the Tren del Vino and Debbie and I are excited for our journey through the Colchagua Valley which is often compared to California’s Napa Valley.
Late yesterday on the way back to the hotel from Vina del Mar… (see video)
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You may be asking yourself, ‘what is a reality tour?’ And it’s a good question. Because this, what I am doing, beginning tomorrow, is Collette’s first foray into such a concept. And… I’m excited! As a travel writer, this is what I live for – blogging on tour while a fellow travel marketer documents our [...]
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