It is very easy to be attracted to this shady city at the base of the Andes. Some very clever engineer channeled the rivers so they run through irrigation ditches on both sides of every single street in town (at least in the downtown area). The result is that all of the streets are lined with trees, as you can barely see in the nighttime photo. Its a good thing too, because the average temperature in January is 90 degrees and it would be unpleasant without constant shade. Mendoza also has outdoor cafes everywhere (you can almost see my co-adventurer is one such). So we have eaten almost every meal outdoors -- though today we moved into our apartment and are looking forward to cooking dinner. The profusion of cafes, and pedestrian streets lined with dozens of cafes reminded me of somewhere in Europe, maybe an amalgamation of Brussels, Leuven, and Paris or just even central square in every town in Europe.
The daily schedule here is, as expected, quite different. Breakfast at 9-9:30, Lunch at 2-3, Siesta (yup, everything except the cafes really does close down)from 2-5 pm., dinner around 10:00. So far, we have kept to that schedule, but classes start Monday and we have to be at school at 8:30! Yikes. I tested into the "almost beginner" Spanish class, while Sylvan is a more advanced group (of course). Can I catch her?
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