After a night in Puerto Varas, a beautiful tourist town on Lake LLanquihue, we set out yesterday morning for the famous lake crossing through the Andes Mountains. Bus, boat, bus, boat, bus, boat...you get the idea. It took 13 hours to get from Puerto Varas, Chile to Bariloche, Argentina, but that included stops for a gourmet lunch in the middle of the Andes (like ya do) and photo ops along the way.  It was the first day of Spring here and the snow was still fresh on the top of the mountains.  I bought an inexpensive pair of gloves and a hat at the craft market in Puerto Varas, we layered up with our adventure wear and forged ahead like the German pioneers who came before us.  You learn something new every day.  Without the Germans and the Swiss, this part of the world would probably still be undeveloped.