Day in San Martin de los Andes

Today while the rest of the group went on a day tour Brenda and I stayed back to take it easy and enjoy the town and its surrounds. 

Sail  Boats 25-30 ft long

San Martin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mart%C3%ADn_de_los_Andes) lies at the eastern end of lake Lacar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1car_Lake)  This morning after breakfast we took a pleasant walk along the northern side of the lake enjoying the vegetation, wild life, and good views of the city.

We then walked into town and had very good coffee and croissant at a coffee place that had caught our eye the day before.  I got caught in a familiar trap when I went to pay.  "Donde pago?" I asked in my best Spanish.  "Yes, you pay here" was the reply. The young fellow had lived in the USA for a year.

Museum

General San Martin, hero of independence

Best phone booths we've seen yet

We then spent an hour at the local museum were we learned about the history and ecology of the area and after our second lunch at a cafe that we like I stayed in the room at the internet while Brenda went out on a birding/shopping expedition.  Unfortunately it started to rain an hour later.