Apart from wanting to learn Spanish, I chose Mendoza for my study abroad experience because it is next to the mountains. Mendoza is at the base of the Andes Mountains, and it only took about 20 minutes in a bus to get us to a trailhead. A group of us went to Cerro Arco, a 6,135 foot high mountain in the foothills of the Andes. The bus dropped us off in the middle of nowhere, and we had to walk on a dirt road for a while to get to the trail. The hike was only two kilometers, but took us up a steep trail that winded through the mountain to the top, where there are a bunch of telephone poles, but a great view of the city and some of the taller mountains in the Andes. We saw a bunch of other people hiking, running, biking, and 4-wheeling the trail. It was so beautiful being in the fresh air with no clouds in sight and we could see for miles. At the base there is a restaurant with 5 peso empenadas, so we celebrated our first mountain adventure with empenadas and cerveza. Our our way back we saw some people hang-gliding from the mountain. Maybe that will be our next adventure!
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