We have a quick, complimentary breakfast in the restuarant adjacent to the hotel, during which we experience a brief and mild earthquke!.\u00a0 We drop off a load of clothes with the hotel staff for laundry service, and then start calling dealers looking for front tires.\u00a0 We locate a tire store that has our size, and we ride there and get them.\u00a0 then we go a few blocks to a garage and get them installed for $2.00 USD each!\u00a0 While we are there, I notice that a portion of my rear sub-frame is cracked in three places, and looks ready to fall apart!<\/p>\n
We ride back to our hotel, and I strip down the bike to it’s basics.\u00a0 While Levi heads out for an afternoon on a wine-tasting tour, I go to a ‘solderadero’ and get him to heliarc the cracked aluminum frame member back together.\u00a0 He does an excellent job, for about $14 USD.<\/p>\n
Mendoza is a beautiful city.\u00a0 It is what I imagine Paris to be like, without any Frenchmen.\u00a0 Lovely tree-lined streets and boulevards, parks and public squares, restaurants and sidewalk cafes, museums, shops, everything a tourist could want or need.\u00a0 Wonderful year-around climate as well.\u00a0\u00a0 A truly world-class city and a great place to visit.\u00a0 I had a wonderful afternoon!\u00a0 This is one city I would consider returning to for\u00a0visit again.<\/p>\n
Later that evening, when Levi returns from his tour, we walk about the town searching for sunglasses to replace his broken pair, and for dinner.\u00a0 We walk to a recommended ice-cream shop for a sweet treat before returning to out hotel at last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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