Sleep and Penguinos

It´s true, I traveled several thousand miles from home just to sleep. All morning and afternoon! The scratchy throat and congestion, overcast sky and eventual rain, made for reasonable excuses to stay in the hotel room all day (don´t I have a city to explore?), but really working off a sleep deficit from the beginning of the month was the true motivation. It was truely enjoyable, and I´m not sure when I´ll be able to indulge again. I highly recommend this strategy of going far far away from home if you too are sleep deprived.

But that did result in my being so unfashionably early for dinner. Even at 7:30 I was still the only person dining at La Cholita (thanks for the recommendation, Corey!). No matter, my bife de lomo was delicious. I considered the penquino but figured 1/2 liter of vino was more than I could consume just to expereince the novelty of vino served from a ceramic penquin.

That is until I returned 3 hours later with a new friend who lost his luggage and had not dined yet. I led Jay to La Cholita, to the exact same plate I ordered. And yes, the penguino is worth sharing although the visual of vino tinto dribbling from the white penguin´s beak and down its shiney white belly was a little Disney meets horror.