Mothers

First off, happy mothers day to all you mothers out there. Hope your kids make you really damn happy today, and I hope all the kids are suffering a little bit on account of their mothers. It was always my least favorite ´holiday´ ever because I hate doing yardwork.

I´m in Mendoza now! Cordoba was a flash, but I´m really glad we stopped there. We got in on the bus around 7am and got a hostel for one night. Nightlife is supposed to be really great there because like 90 percent of the population (don´t quote that stat) is below 25 yrs old. I wouldn´t know because I passed out in bed before I was supposed to go to some party with some Israeli guys I met. L-A-M-E! So I can´t tell you anything about nightlife there, but the city is really nice. At just over a million people, it was like being able to breathe again after BA. I think we probably walked around the entire city too, from the bus station to the hostel, through a big park, through all the plazas, to the river (which was mostly a grassy field) and everything. So that´s Cordoba.

We went out last night in Mendoza, which is even smaller than Cordoba, and considerably more charming. The urban layout is very Philly-a central main square surrounded by four smaller squares, and the city sort of radiates out from there. It´s really pretty, calm, quiet, and the food is good. Anyway, we ended up at this club last night, and it ended up being really fun, and funny. Argentina is really funny in general. Can´t say why exactly, it just is. So now I´m back on the backpacker schedule and lifestyle. The only responsibility is to try to get up for breakfast, and make sure I don´t miss any more buses, like I did in Puerto Iguazu. At least I didn´t pull a Tommy-boy there, the driver stopped and waited. This hostel I´m at is insane. It´s called Dama Juana (not to plug or anything) and it´s like a resort! Relative to hostels anyway. There´s a nice TV room, a little pool, everything is kept up nice, and the bathrooms have freaking granite countertops! Honeymoon-on-a-budget, hello. Mendoza is just really pretty in general-the mountains in the distance make a great background anywhere, and there are palm trees right next to pine trees-it looks awesome! Almost like a more tropical Italy. Tomorrow I´m going on a bicycle tour between a bunch of vineyards. How perfect. If I don´t update within the next 3 or 4 days, assume I met my demise smiling because nothing sounds better-wine, mountains, biking, fall weather... what else could you need?

I´m going to leave the computer for someone else now and go watch Tomb Raider on the big TV they have.