Oh how I love lunch!

Lunch is the big meal of the day in Argentina and it usually takes anywhere from 1 hour to 2 and a half hours. Today, our conversation ranged from Anna Nicole Smith marrying an 86 year old, to my padre telling me that "fat" people have to pay more social security here, to me learning funeral vocabulary....not many kids can say that this lesson would be useful except me :)  I have to say that today's conversation was not near as exciting as last weeks bird migration conversation....oh so stimulating...Julia had the same conversation with her family a few weeks ago so we get to bond over our bird knowledge, I'm a little behind though because since then she's had a pumpkin conversation as well. haha

Friday, after Tango class we went to a professor's house for lunch, then on to a museum (I'm kind of worn out on museums) then we went to this really pretty winery. We had to stay inside the whole time because a wind was blowing in from the desert and it was impossible to stay out side for more than a few minutes without being buried in dust. This winery has been rated one of the top five in the world! There were other people with us during our tour and at the end some man from Brazil ended up buying a tonnnn of wine and he let Brett and three other people taste a wine that is considered to be one of the best in the world! 

Saturday began with hike up a "hill" (anybody in Texas would deem this "hill" a mountain). We started climbing the "hill" at 10 o'clock in the morning and finally got back down around 12:30. This "hill" was three miles straight up hill....it was the hardest hill I've ever had to climb! Julia was sick so she "had" to miss the hike, so Annie and I served as each other's accountability partners or we would have never made it up!!! Despite all my complaining it was very rewarding to finally make it to the top and stand in the clouds. I felt veryyyyy out of shape when seventy five year old men were walking down the mountain looking spiffy and energized while Annie and I were huffing and puffing with each centimeter we moved! On the three mile hike down Annie and I played games to make the time pass. They served us lunch at the bottom of the hill, it was good, except there were bugs in my wine and I learned I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin soup!

After our "hill" climb we made it to the best part of the weekend!!!! The spa!!! It was absolutely wonderful!! It's amazing how cheap everything was there. I paid less than two hundred dollars for a nights stay, 2 meals, one wine tasting/empanadas, a 30 minute massage, an hour facial, an hour massage, and all you want sauna/mud baths/hot springs! Needless to say it was magnificent, especially after being sore from the hike!!!I didn't take pictures because I didn't want to lose my camera in the mud, but I'll steal somebody else's soon and post them. This place was gorgeous, the hot springs were set beside this gorgeous river the was beyond description.

Welp, I have to go study new moves for Tango class....

16 days until I go home!!