Our first night in Mendoza was a peaceful one – that is,
until the morning light poured through our tissue thin curtains. Waking early,
we grab a bite at the paltry breakfast offering. Not the finest hostel thus
far.
We begin our day by having another stroll through Mendoza –
this time heading toward the newer end of town. Mendoza was much larger than we
thought, and even after an hour of walking it seems like we barely touched the
new town. After taking a quick peak into the local casino (mostly slots, not my
style) we headed back into the old town.
We head toward a small plaza, where we meet up with a
‘Mendoza free walking tour’ guide. Just Rach, myself, and a Danish traveller
were on the tour today. The guide took us around the many plazas and squares of
the town – explaining the historical significance of this and that (much of
what he articulated overlapped with the Buenos Aires tours, but it was still
enjoyable). After about 2 hours (our shortest walking tour yet) – we still had
itchy feet, so continued to explore Mendoza.
Eventually stumbling upon a beautiful restaurant laden
street – we choose an upmarket establishment for a nice meal out. We ended up
having the traditional Argentinian barbecue – which included various cuts of
steak, liver, kidney, intestine, and even a testicle of some animal. It was… an
experience. Fortunately – we had an excellent bottle of Mendoza’s finest to
wash the various flavours down.
After the gargantuan meal we slowly crawl our way back to
the hostel. Interestingly, in South America – dogs are omnipresent. Literally
everywhere. Fortunately they are mostly clean(relative), and friendly and will
follow you around happily just for a bit of attention. We were chaperoned back
to our door by a beautiful black dog, who would even wait at road crossings for
us. It was an endearing finish to a peaceful night.
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