We decided on an easy excursion our first day in town. We headed up to the ski area of Cerro Chapelco, about 15 km from town. Actually, first we had to stop at a hardware store to buy a piece of rope to tie the trunk of the car shut with since the lock had gotten stuck the day before. There are all kinds of activities on the mountain from zip lines through the trees to toboganning to mini golf and paintball. We took a aerosilla (an enclosed chair lift) up to 1600 m where most of the activities were and where there is a cafeteria style restaurant. This was not one of our better lunches, but it did have a nice view! We then walked along the roads and paths that wind up the mountain stopping to admire the flowers (on my part) and the ski lifts (on Jake’s part). Above the treeline were little mini natural rock gardens that would be the envy of any gardener!
On returning to our car, we discovered we had left the lights on again, so the ski employees jumpstarted us with a huge pickup truck that had 2 batteries. As our good deed we gave another guy who was working on a construction project up there whose truck had died a ride back into town.
In the evening we made up for our forgettable lunch with dinner at La Boqueria, a little tapas and wine bar in town. The tapas were excellent. We had a little dish of chicken curry, assorted mushrooms sautéed in garlic, and a bruschetta with tomato, prosciutto-style ham and thin slices of cheese. They have the best wine-by-the-glass selection of any place too! You can choose to have a glass of wine from any bottle they sell that is under 40 pesos. Most places will only serve the house wine by the glass. Of course they charge 20 pesos for the glass, but if you’re in the mood for choosing your wine and not drinking too much, it’s worth it. I wanted to try a local wine, so I had a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Neuquen region produced by the Fin Del Mundo vineyard. It was not a great wine, but it was quite nice.
On returning to our car, we discovered we had left the lights on again, so the ski employees jumpstarted us with a huge pickup truck that had 2 batteries. As our good deed we gave another guy who was working on a construction project up there whose truck had died a ride back into town.
In the evening we made up for our forgettable lunch with dinner at La Boqueria, a little tapas and wine bar in town. The tapas were excellent. We had a little dish of chicken curry, assorted mushrooms sautéed in garlic, and a bruschetta with tomato, prosciutto-style ham and thin slices of cheese. They have the best wine-by-the-glass selection of any place too! You can choose to have a glass of wine from any bottle they sell that is under 40 pesos. Most places will only serve the house wine by the glass. Of course they charge 20 pesos for the glass, but if you’re in the mood for choosing your wine and not drinking too much, it’s worth it. I wanted to try a local wine, so I had a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Neuquen region produced by the Fin Del Mundo vineyard. It was not a great wine, but it was quite nice.
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