El Trapiche

We had dinner at El Trapiche last night, a traditional parillas restaurant a few blocks from the hotel. I had the lomo de champignon, which was the greatest steak I've ever had (or will ever have) in my life. Jen ordered what we thought was a "first tier" portion of roast, but it appears to have been a "first tier" quality of meat. Luckily we also had pasta. (I would have shared some of my steak if it wasn't so good.) The craziest thing about all of these steakhouses is the price - we are eating large, high quality (except for Jen last night) portions of steak and having a bottle of wine for $50-$60 US (for the two of us). It's awesome. My arteries are especially loving it.

It is always very difficult to reserve a table at a steakhouse in Argentina because I think they only take one reservation per table per night (and meals take a really long time). But last night (a Tuesday) was even harder because it was Dia del Amigos. That's right, Argentina has a holiday called the "Day of Friends."

Today we had planned to go to Colonia Sacramento across the river in Uruguay (take a ferry), but we are changing it up per the recommendation of Gladys (one of the concierges) and heading to La Tigre river delta, which has some historical buildings and a large open air market.