I've moved to Argentina and this is where I live now with my two dogs and a pony
why am I in Argentina if you are a subscriber or if you follow me on Instagram or on TT you
might already know that I moved out of London at the end of January and since I moved out of
my house he started house sitting around the UK but then my boyfriend Sam got permission to work
remotely and we found a house set in Argentina and so here we are for three full months we're
starting in Mendoza and then we're gonna be going to Buenos Aires and a few other places
as soon as we're done with the house tour I'm gonna take you into Mendoza so you can see the
city normally I start in the city bed here I just couldn't resist you had to meet the pony
and the dogs so this is the Outdoor bed we've got a huge fire pit this is a swing over here
there is a grill a tradition parija or asado we haven't actually used it yet we are running
out of time I know that seems like such a shame but the parija restaurants here are a little gym
which I have actually been making use of which I'm really proud of bedroom I think it's quite messy
but whatever yep I wasn't lying it is definitely messy let's focus on that let's focus on how nice
it is I should point out this is all my mess Sam me Sam Yep this is the kitchen again all
mess is mine actually poor Sam if you've ever been to Argentina you'll definitely recognize
these yerba mate mugs this is such a cool area you can actually use that fire pit so you just
put in firewood you light it it's very well ventilated you can open up all these giant
sliding doors and my favorite part of the living space is this projector over here it goes onto
this wall we've recently started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm because we finished
Seinfeld and right now this place is a lot more bougie than our first apartment in Mendoza it
was perfect in terms of location though it was right on the Main Avenue Avenida de San Martin
and we got to explore a lot of downtown Mendoza and that's where I'm gonna go now
this scissors super long driveway okay bye oh that's so sad the area we're staying in right
now is called chakras de Korea and it's south of the city center quite far south it's Suburbia
look how beautiful some of the houses are by the way including the one we're staying in and one
thing that I wanted to point out is we're in the southern hemisphere so obviously it's summer in
Europe right now but as you can tell from my tire and the beautiful colorful leaves it's Autumn here
like coming up to Winter and this area is really lovely quite affluent there are a lot of mid-range
to luxury restaurants personally I'm more of a street food kind of girl but I I have been
enjoying it and this here is the Central Square however little area so I'm gonna sit down on a
bench and I'm gonna order a cab if I and now we're just gonna wait for someone to accept the ride
and here in Argentina are the cabify app anyway they show you the driver's name and then whether
they've accepted or not which personally I find Soul crushing it hurts my feelings
said no don't they oh okay I guess okay he'll be here in one minute but I've just remembered
my favorite building in this part of town is on the script there it is it's got a llama on
it I don't I think that's a llama now I'm probably late and Walter's Gonna Hate Me
welcome to the center of Mendoza this is Plaza independencia Independence
Square and it is beautiful it's got all these fountains whenever they have big
festivals here in Mendoza they usually take place here and we're actually here
for one vintage Cinco de Mayo which is not Argentina Independence but sort of let me
show you around and we're gonna go grab a tea or a coffee from my favorite coffee
place we've got a great timing because I hope you can hear that over me talking
there's a rainbow well not anymore [Music]
that's really cute we are now walking down this beautiful street toward Plaza San Martin we are
going to a coffee place called el tricycle the tricycle and we Sam and I have been going
there every morning while we were staying in central Mendoza I think they're here thank God
you know much
if you ever come to Mendoza you definitely need to try out their coffee they are on Martin that's
where we are right now and they're just so much they make these These are called media
Lunas and they're kind of like croissants but they're sweeter and they're a very traditional
thing to have here in Argentina for breakfast okay this is very exciting on my way to get my coffee
every morning I would walk past this building but I never went inside it's an art gallery
free admission and there's no one here and it's really beautiful so let me let me absorb the art
and then I'm gonna show you a bit whenever you're vlogging you're like focused on this and not on
the outside world so five minutes very very very very very scary oh nope here's the scariest one
yeah that one there reads for you my defeat not the most optimistic take on love but hey
we've all been there because we're headed to where my Airbnb used to be and right
next to it is where you kind of semi-legally exchange money I'm gonna talk more about this
in another video but basically Argentina is experiencing incredibly High inflation rates
which is horrible for the people that live here the best way to approach that is to bring in
foreign currency and exchange it here it's got the money one thing I really love about Mendoza
history of Argentina in general is the music they love rock here they're always
like live bands playing this one's really good I've seen them before
the Central Market have a mission there's one thing I want to buy I'm hoping they have it
sound the thing so we're gonna go buy it um
it was so cute because she asked me where I was from and I said de londres from London which is
not technically true but like that's where I live well lived until January whatever so that's just
my go-to answer she gives me this huge smile she loved that answer and goes bonjour I'm so sad I
didn't get that on camera because that was one of my favorite moments in Argentina so far because
it was so kind and it was so pure like I really really like that lady and um so nice anyway well
recovered from this interaction let me talk you through my favorite moments in Argentina so far
I'll start with the outdoorsy stuff if you want to do an easy hike try going up Cerro De La Gloria
for beautiful years of Mendoza but if you want a real challenge then you can climb to nearly 7
000 feet Cerro Arco and Cerro Gateado but only do this one if you're trained it's pretty full-on or
you can also do a horse track in the foothills of the Andes I booked this as a surprise date
for Sam and it was so much fun and they're also the Cacheuta hot springs just outside of Mendoza
but they are super crowded so be warned you should definitely visit the south of Mendoza
as well hire a bike and go have a leisurely lunch at one of the local wineries which are renowned
for producing the best Malbec in the world we went to a place called Bodega I also went on a guided
Winery tour at Paul Murray Winery I don't know much about wine but have now decided to dedicate
these three months in Argentina to finding out more and and it has been fun if you eat meat
obviously Argentinian steak is incredible so go to operita or asado restaurant and don't forget
to enjoy the local culture as well Argentina has some really talented painters and writers this
here is Emiliano gunyasu provincial Museum of Fine Art and definitely explore the squares in central
Mendoza Plaza Espana is my favorite so that has been my life for the past three weeks I'm not
gonna sugarcoat it it has been glorious but I do want to reiterate that this is attainable like we
both have full-time jobs we're working during the day we are very privileged to have strong
passports and jobs that give us flexibility to travel Sam normally isn't allowed to travel as
much as me he's not self-employed so his employer is based on London and for tax reasons Sam has to
be in the UK for them for most of the year um but he did get these three months to travel and work
remotely which the most important thing to mention is that we've arrived at our next destination this
is parque General San Martin I really hope that I'm doing it for justice with this video because
it's so nice people running and cycling in fact we're gonna it's not really a brag because I'm
sure a lot of you have run a lot further but this is the furthest I've ever done I ran
I think it was 12 kilometers um I think I know it's 12 kilometers I'm getting a bit peckish
so I have treated myself to this giant juice just mango and water nothing else is really
really nice and I'm gonna sit here for the next 20 minutes I'm gonna watch an episode
of The Office that's I don't know that's like my favorite comfort thing to do when I'm traveling
solex so that's what we're gonna do and then I think I might head back to chakras my area where
I'm staying and if any of you are office fans I would like to mention that I'm watching this for
about the fifth time it it just gets better so my capital is going to be here in like one minute and
a little emotional moment I have really really enjoyed Mendoza everyone's been so friendly so
warm like you've met my friends at the coffee um oh that's my driver okay sincere moment over hello
it's perfect entrances
Messi
so Mercy has just dropped me off what an incredibly nice man and
now we need to wait for Sam to let me in hello
barely squeezed through hello doggies cute cute I love a local recommendation so obviously I
listened to Mauricio's advice and took Sam to El Gallego for our final dinner in Mendoza
first they gave us bread with cream cheese which is a really classic Argentinian starter and we
even got a bottle of wine because I am taking my viticulture studies very seriously so this wasn't
my favourite Mall bike but it was pretty good and then they brought out the food they served these
giant milanesas that you share between several people and let me just tell you this was called
the individual portion and two hungry adults were not enough to make a dent this is how much food we
had left over at the end and I promise you we both tried really really hard meet sweats and all but
it was a really great end to our three weeks of Mendoza so far now we are off to Buenos Aires for
our house sit so stay tuned for that video which will be coming out soon thank you for watching