Hello! After all our walking around Bariloche, we needed a break. We had a lazy day in town on Friday. Then we did a day trip to El Bolson on Saturday (the 16th) to visit the town and feria (market). El Bolson is the Berkeley of Argentina. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday their is an artisanal fair in town with close to 300 vendors. Hey, even hippies need an income. Ana felt right at home in the nuclear free zone. We went on a spending spree in the market. Ok, not a spree, this is us we are talking about. We bought a handspun and woven woolen scarf and earrings for Ana, a maté (gourd cup for maté preparatio), a bombilla (straw for maté drinking), hand-made wooden buttons, and snacks (empanadas and yummy waffles). All this
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