March 18th Sat.
Debbie’s notes from Hotel Porteros de los Funes:
Well, here we are on the last leg of our journey. We left our B&B this morning at 9:30am and arrived here in the foothills of San Luis around 1pm. This is a lakeside hotel and resort. When we drove up to it,we looked at each other, laughed and said, “Holy Smokes!” All the rooms overlook the lake and mountains to our Northwest, and we are in the Brazil Suite. John has his tripod on the balcony hoping to see and photogragh the Southern Cross, if we can find it. He figured out how to hook up to the internet directly from our room, clever man. When we arrived, we were hungry, so went to the dining room, also overlooking the decks, pool and lake. We had an incredible arrugula and sun-dried tomato salad with a Parmesean-like cheese with a bottle of La Linda Voigner, which was perfect with the salad. But by the time our entrees of: pasta, (for me) ,with basil and almond butter and for John, you guessed…more beef.. came, we needed more wine so ordered a bottle of Rutini 2002 Malbec/Cabernet blend. Wow,( I just took a taste so I could remember it ). It is gutsy, dry, nice balance in the fruit, and a little tannin. This is our first Rutini and we seem to be leaning more towards the blends now, at the end of our trip. I am looking forward to our dinner around 11pm or so, because I saw Trout on the menu and I am longing for some fresh fish. We have decided to stay here for two nights and then on Monday make the very long drive to the airport, or close to it, in BA.
Hi Res Photo of Aconcagua Only for high speed internet.