I got up and quickly got dressed as my hotel room was like a freezer. The little space heater did nothing to warm it. There would be no shower today. I went downstairs for a light breakfast in the hotel lobby. Andrea and Nestor were already there and Miguel and Marce soon joined us.
After breakfast we went to the Atahualpa Yupanqui Museum. Atahualpa Yupanqui is a famous Argentinian folk singer and composer who died in 1992. He had a home in Cerro Colorado that is now a museum of his belongings.
We returned to Roberto and Aura's hacienda for another day of gaucho food and fun. We had a wonderful meal of beef pierna (leg) roasted in the wood oven. I have eaten more meat in the last two days than I usually eat in an entire year.
I've been drinking a lot of mate here, too. Many people have their mate and thermos in hand and are quick to share.
After dinner, Roberto and some of his neighbors organized some gaucho horse competitions to demonstrate for us. They rode around barrels, raced under a dangling ring while trying to put a stick through the ring, and pulled children on blankets made of cow hide. It was all great fun and seemed very natural - not like a show. Someone soon opened the trunk of their car and turned their stereo on and more dancing began: chacalera, gato, and samba. They got me out to dance some chacalera.
Marce, Miguel, Andrea, and Nestor returned to Cordoba. I returned to the hotel to spend one more night. I would be visiting the Cerro Colorado school tomorrow. I was given a new hotel room which was already warm when I entered it. Bath tonight!
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