cordoba nov 17 martes (tues)

We got up at 930 so we could have breakfast.  we had medialunas, bread with butter and jam and coffee...a perfect start to the day.  the first thing we did was go for a walk.  I had to buy earplugs and we both realized we didn't bring shampoo, so we bought that too.  We went for a walk through the town.   I took some photos of flowers, roses specifically and a few buildings.  then we walked down a road towards the mountains.  we walked for a bit when we figured we weren't getting much closer and turned around and went back.  it was cute how most of the houses had the last names written on the front of the house..seems a bit strange too.  we walked back and met Uli's friend Alejandro who was going to help Uli secure a moto for the week.  one big problem:  Uli left his international driver's permit in Bs.As. so we went to the itty bitty little police station to get a form for him.  it was very quiet and basic - only one guy there who wasn't in uniform.  he said to come back tomorrow. Weird, eh?  so we went to a store to think about how else we could do it.  we drank some orange juice and Uli figured he might have a copy of it in his email.  so, we went to an internet place and he looked.  at this point a stray dog decided to follow me around.  while Uli was looking for his permiso, i went and bought an empanada and fed it to my furry follower.  meanwhile, Uli found his permit and then decided to photoshop it because the part for motorcycles wasn't coloured in.  it actually looked pretty damn good.  we went back to the cute little police station.  they gave Uli a form and said to go to the bank tomorrow, pay 4 pesos, and then return with the bank's stamp.  after that, a friend of Alejandro's, Juan, came by and brought his bike for Uli to use...itwas a royal blue crossbike and he was happy as a pig in shit.  we (he and i) went on a joyride in the area...through the town and back roads and even tried to get as close to the mountain as we could.  the bike kept stalling though.  something with the transmission.  but it was so much fun.  there were a couple of times when i'd have to walk up the hill and meet him at the top, but i didn't mind.  i took a few photos...me, the photo girl.  we got back and cleaned up and decided we would go for dinner.  the restaurant we wanted to go to was closed...strangely...so we found one open in the town and had 18peso vacio with salad and a super cheap bottle of Santa Ana wine.  it strangely started raining a bit...and it was actually chilly...but dinner wasn't too bad and tehre was another dog (belonged to one of the owners i was told) who was watching us eat.  since vacio is a cut of meat that has fat on it, we gave our fat to the dog...haha...he inhaled it in 2 seconds.  tonight i get to test out those lovely earplugs.