The weather is warming up here in Cordoba, and we took advantage of it this weekend. On Saturday, Robert and Mira took a bicycle ride from Barrio Las Carolinas, through Villa Allende into the mountain town of Rio Ceballos. That pretty much wiped Robert out for the rest of the day. We had a momentary plan to have dinner with the Acuñas at a restaurant in Mediolaza called Raiz, but we got too tired after a glass of wine out on the back patio.
Sunday was a very full day. And when I say “full,” I mean that Robert’s foodbag was stuffed full all day long. First, Robert was off to the Disco Supermercado, for “facturas,” which, if you don’t know what that means, is the collection of sweet doughnuts, croissants (here called “media lunas” given their shape) and cream filled pastries that, along with coffee, are breakfast. Then, Robert and Rory went for a quick fishing trip just a 10 minute drive from the house. The fishing did not last too long, and was bound to not be successful anyway given that all we had for bait were raisins. But we did see a cool rooster collection, a cow with a real big cowbell, a puppy, and a big junkpile where Rory found a spoon that he used to dig dirt with other boys in a big pile for about an hour.
Upon return from the fishing trip, Rory and Robert found the asado burning and Alberto cooking up the meat. It was Parilla time. With lots of wine, potato salad, apple cider and banana caramel pudding for dessert.
Just when we thought it was time for a nap, Diego and Sandra came by with a huge chocolate cake as a gift for us. Well, we had to eat that. So, for about two hours we ate cake and drank Terma and sodas. By this time, Rory was spinning out of control with a mean sugar rush. Thanks our new friends Sandra and Diego (fka the “El Hombre de Gas”)!
Immediately after cake, we were asked by the neighbors to come over for tea and, err, facturas. Well, we took 3/4 of a chocolate cake over and sat drinking tea and talking about the neighborhood in bad Spanish. In the background was live music being sung at another neighbor’s house. A pleasant day.
Around sunset time, we spotted a few Chimango Caracaras, a hawk like bird that likes to find its dinner in the wild patch in the ravine behind our house.
