Malargüe

The next morning we received breakfast delivered. Delicious sweet pastries and croissants. Since we wanted to get to know Malargüe better, we went to the tourist information again. They didn't help us the night before because it was already 21:01 and they closed at nine. We had all the information on our phone, but we preferred to get advice on site about activities that would be good for the children. In the end, Heike decided on a tour to an extinct volcano. The rest of the family was not very pleased with Heike's decision because it meant a lot of walking in the blazing sun.

But before that, we wanted to strengthen ourselves. So we went to the nearest street cafe on the corner. There were the best sandwiches Christian had ever eaten. They consisted of crispy bread and thinly sliced strips of beef fillet. And the best thing besides the taste was the size of the sandwiches. It was impossible to eat everything. We only managed to eat half.

Under much grumbling from the back seat, we drove once again on a dusty gravel road. According to the agency, it should take about 90 minutes to get to our meeting point. But since we learned in Oman and northern Chile that it is better to drive fast than slow on gravel roads, and we also have a rental car, we only needed about half the time for the actual 90-minute drive. When we arrived at the meeting point, there were already about 15 other cars waiting there. We then went to the volcano in two groups. The rock formations in front of the volcano and the crater in the volcano were spectacular. It was worth listening to Heike once again. We have no other choice.

On the way back, we stopped at a butcher shop to buy meat for grilling.

Unfortunately, our favorite cuts of meat, Entraña and Vacio, were already sold out, because the Argentinians also like them the most, so we bought a piece that we hadn't tried before and unfortunately forgot the name of. But it was recommended to us by the butcher. And his recommendation was very good. I think you can grill almost any piece of meat in Argentina and it tastes super delicious.

When we were in our cabin, our host came by to see how we were doing. We were just heating up the grill. As a proud Argentinian, he naturally couldn't resist showing us how to grill here in the country. In short: you make a wood fire in the right corner, wait until it decays to embers, then gradually push the embers under the grill grate to the left side and wait about an hour for the meat to cook very slowly. The only thing we regretted that evening was not buying twice as much meat.