November 27
The benefit of having to wander all over El Calafate looking for a rental car is that we got a feel for the town. As opposed to Ushuaia which wasn’t our favorite (poor city planning, and not the right “feel”), Calafate was a great little town.
Our AirBNB was a cabin about a mile walk from the main stretch. Google maps made it look like we’d be walking on a highway or something, but it ended up being very walker friendly. Speaking of walker, Walker Texas Ranger, any city that loves Chuck Norris is sure to be a hit with us.
The town had a bunch of restaurants and a lot of people wandering around. We grabbed lunch from a pizza place called Lechuza – mostly because we love a winery by that name in Baja California. There also was a lot of green space worked into the main stretch including an outdoor ampitheater. Nothing playing on this random spring Monday, unfortunately.
One of the things I loved about this town was the flowers were familiar! Lots of rose and lilac bushes. The flowers along with the style of house reminded me a lot of south St. Louis.
Also, they had Mexican food!! What is more Mexican than shawarma?!
Besides wandering town and eating, we also spent a few hours playing bridge. Michael and I are getting pretty good! Scoring is still a complete mystery to me, but I’m getting better at bidding.
Off to Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine tomorrow!
