Bariloche, Argentina - Day 7

Today's post Spanish lesson event was a hike up to Lago Gutierrez. A twenty minute bus ride and a leisurely 2.5 hour trek yielded an amazing view and a quality conversation with my fellow Spanish school students. Dinner was at a Swiss restaurant, which apparently is what dominates the architecture of Bariloche's center city tourist area.

I’m not sure why; I suppose some Swiss and German settlers claimed this area a long time ago. There was a high propensity for German / Swiss tourists and local architecture in both Bariloche and Puerto Madryn. Up at the Chile / Bolivia border, we also ran into a group of Germans, living in Brazil as a small protected enclave of German immigrants, who spoke perfect German with no accent riding their motorcycles though Argentina and Chile. There seems to be these pockets of immigrants scattered throughout Argentina and Brazil which support the local architecture and character of some of the cities.

Bariloche, Argentina - Day 7