1. The Zoo, or Zoologico, in Mendoza is located within San Martin Park. Brad and I had planned to visit Cerro de la Gloria, which is a bronze monument of fourteen tons that pays tribute to the Army of the Andes for its successful campaign of liberation. The monument is on top of a high hilltop and on the side of the hill is the zoo. No one here ever talks about the zoo, in fact they seem kind of embarrassed about it. But let me clarify: this is an awesome zoo. You can get much closer to the animals, and all of them seem a lot livelier than the ones in the U.S. However, I am concerned about the polar bears as it is very warm and dry in Mendoza. Additionally, we saw people feeding Chips Ahoy cookies to the monkeys, which is also concerning.
*Note: Brad and I saw a squirrel in a cage at a nearby pet store. However, it’s not for sale.
Unfortunately, my camera died pretty early on…but we will be visiting the zoo soon enough so I will post more photos in the future.
2. Panchos, or hot dogs, are very popular here. In fact, there’s a whole fast food chain dedicated to them called Mr. Dog. Argentineans are much more creative with their hot dogs, as they can come with avocado, french fries, tomatoes, mustard, mayonnaise, ham, bacon, with cheese, etc.
So, of course, we had to have a pancho once we walked ALL the way to the zoo (bus line #3 that goes to the zoo came by twice and kept going b/c it was already full of people so we had no choice really)…it was already about 2 and we hadn’t eaten anything…Brad gets pretty grumpy when he’s starving so we broke down and had hot dogs.
We ordered ours “raining with fries,” or lluvia de papas fritas.
Continuing to enjoy your postings. A belated "Welcome" to Brad! You might want to invite him to be a "guest contributor" to your blog. :)
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