Saturday in Mendoza was really fun! Jamila and I went horseback riding through a nearby nature reserve area. Jamila had not been on a horse since she was 7, when she fell off a horse in Ocean Shores. So, this was a very special day. The weather was beautiful, not too sunny although we both got some sun, and our horses were lovely. My horse was named Bandido for his face that looks like a mask, Jamila's was Dañino, for the pain he causes to other horses. He is very dominant, I guess, but he didn't cause her any pain! We passed through the trails with our guide, Juan, who took our camera and snapped over 100 pictures! At least we have incredible documentation!
After a few hours on the horse, we went to lunch at Azafrán, a restaurant our friend Pam had recommended. We were first served an amuse bouche of salmon and mushroom. I don't love mushrooms, but it was yummy. Next, we ate a salad and then.....a petit filet. A small piece of steak wrapped in cooked spinach, mushrooms, blue cheese and philo dough. It was incredible! To top it all off, we had a molten lava chocolate cake with raspberry drizzle and clementine and olive oil ice cream. It sounds weird, but it was so wonderful and the flavors all came together. It seems like chocolate volcanoes are becoming our thing, as we have had a lot of them at various restaurants!
And then, we bid adieu to Mendoza, got on an overnight bus to BsAs and spent our last day in Buenos Aires before going our separate ways to the US.
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