After hardly sleeping last night because I thought I had bugs crawling on me I got up and went for a run with Pam while the mamás got ready for the day and while Jessi and Jenna continued to sleep. After breakfast (2 medialunas and coffee or mate) we went back to the room and go ready for the day. The mamás left to go find another place to stay and we thought they were gonna come back to get us. After waiting for three hours we finally decided to leave the hostel and leave a note with the front desk for when the mamás got back.
We then went to the Tenedor Libre and ate all the food we could! Beef, salad, pasta, and desert too! It was really good. After we stuffed ourselves we went to Plaza Independencia and explored the feria. It was funny walking around and having a lot of people smoking pot and selling bowls also. In Argentina it is legal to smoke marijuana and have it in a “personal” amount. The funny thing is that there is no regulation as to what defines a “personal” amount. In the feria I was able to find lots of gifts for pretty much everyone on my list! Jessi and I also got a troza put in. A troza is a hemp braid attached to the bottom of your hair.
After getting our trozas we went to go meet the mamás where we told them we would meet them. They didn’t show up and we were a little concerned by that. We even went to go look for them in the casino (a favorite place of both mothers!) When we didn’t find them we decided to go hunt for chocolate since Mendoza is famous for it’s chocolate. 
We found a chocolate store and all bought some chocolate to snack on and then went and got submarinos. Submarinos is steamed milk with pieces of chocolate in the bottom, with cinnamon sprinkled on top and then a piece of chocolate resting on the side of the glass. They were muy, muy rico (very, very good.) We then went and got pizza for dinner and ate outside while getting sang to by street entertainers. After we went to buy Fernet (a very popular liquor here in Argentina, kinda like a caramel and herb flavored rum but with a very strong taste.) After buying the fernet we went back to the hostel and each had a traigo while waiting for the mamás to return. Rossy and Tani showed up a little bit later and told us about the many adventures they had had.
We found a chocolate store and all bought some chocolate to snack on and then went and got submarinos. Submarinos is steamed milk with pieces of chocolate in the bottom, with cinnamon sprinkled on top and then a piece of chocolate resting on the side of the glass. They were muy, muy rico (very, very good.) We then went and got pizza for dinner and ate outside while getting sang to by street entertainers. After we went to buy Fernet (a very popular liquor here in Argentina, kinda like a caramel and herb flavored rum but with a very strong taste.) After buying the fernet we went back to the hostel and each had a traigo while waiting for the mamás to return. Rossy and Tani showed up a little bit later and told us about the many adventures they had had..
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