With two months left of our adventure, we left our life in Mendoza and strapped on our backpacks for a final travel push before returning to the motherland on May 21st. It's been a while since we've done an update, plus we got a new camera, so wanted to share these pictures!

Our first stop was Santiago, where we visited Pablo Neruda's house La Chascona in a cute part of town, Bellavista.

On relatively clear days you can see the snow-covered Andes from the city.

After a few bed-bug incidents (ah, the life of a traveler!), we moved south to Chile's wine country, where it happened to be harvest (vendimia) time.

One of the more famous wine-making regions in Chile, we moved on to the Colchagua Valley.

The visit to winery Viu Manet included a ride through the vineyards on a horse drawn-cart driven by Chilenos dressed in traditional garb

Winery Mont Gras was most notable for the vineyard education and the opportunity to try different grapes right near the harvest time.

Montes was by far our favorite, with its beautiful location and delicious vinos.

My favorite part was seeing the vineyards tucked up into the hills.

Our next stop: Bariloche. Perhaps more than anywhere else, I could see living here permanently (but don't worry, that won't be happening).

Bariloche is famous for chocolate and beautiful scenery, a dreamland of lakes and mountains.

We met up with great friends Aly and Justin, who we will be traveling with shortly to Peru, and took a great bike ride with some incredible views.

Traveling has made Greg's work a bit more difficult, but he makes due.

Several days (and nights) including Easter we've spent on long distances buses, a much more economic alternative to flying around the country.

On our way to the way north of Argentina, we stopped in Neuquén, a northern Patagonian province now making vinos and also famous for its dinosaur bones. We spend a day visiting wineries before heading to....

Cafayate, in the northern Salta province. Cafayate is special to us because it's where we went when Greg visited me while studying abroad in Buenos Aires. The north of Argentina is known for its indigenous culture, beautiful scenery with colorful mountains, and for growing the quintessentially Argentina varietal: Torrontés.

We hope you are all well and look forward to seeing you soon!

Nikki and Greg