Last day in Mendoza

Our asado bbq dinner got us to bed late and full of mean last night.  There was so much food, chorizo, ribs, and all sorts of other cuts.  We ate with Will, a 23 year old from England, and Rudy, a 33 year old guy from France.  Actually, we were the only 4 to sign up for the dinner at the hostel.  We talked travel, healthcaare, exchange rates, and gun control.  All with our teeth slowly turning purple from the wine.

We woke up a little later this morning, and had our breakfast alone near the kitchen.  I love the dolce de leche crepes they serve.

We headed off to change some dollars to pesos and buy some mate tea servery.  We bought 2 mugs and 2 filtered straws, ended up using an atm for more pesos, and changing the rest of our dollars at the hostel.  Before coming back to change the dollars, we enjoyed a churro and a giant layered pastry with 2 coffees in the market.  

I swapped books in the book exchange and picked up "The Neverending Story."  I watched the movie as a kid and I think I will enjoy the book.

We set out again after Ryan spent some time looking into tours for a destination later this month.  We strolled around Mendoza's central park for a while before heading out to lunch.  We went to a vegetarian cafe to try to give our bodies a break from the meat storm which they have been enduring.  we had some veggie pizza and tacos with jasmine tea at Morelia.  Nice relaxing spot.  

We walked a little more to look for a magnet.  We like to have a magnet from each country.  All of the magnets were "ugly" (Ryan's words) so I ended up choosing a tiny mate pewter cup with a straw that I will glue a magnet to.  

After grabbing some veggies and fruit to prep with our quinoa and lentils we came back and are now listening to Rudy tell us about his paragliding tour today.  At 8pm we have a free empanada making class here at the hostel.  That should be pretty neat.  I'm disappointed that we will miss Thursday nights mate tea class.  We leave in the morning for San Pedro de Atacama.  We've really liked it here in Mendoza.  

Part of last night's dinner

Not sure how to rotate this - Ryan in the park

Mendoza's Central Park