It’s been a while since the last blog entrance… We have been working on some minor additions to our B&B, and we expect to go on like that. The most noticeable one is that we installed an air conditioning in the bedroom. It will be very useful to heat up the room in the cold winter nights, and cool it down the next summer! We are very happy with that.
We are also looking everywhere for “the” log burning stove… yes, we haven’t yet found the one we want. Once we do, we will install it in the living room, and it will help us reach the peak of coziness.
In the meantime, we had two reservation requests, from the Netherlands and from Canada, but for one reason or another, did not turn into effective stays. A real pity.
We have also been working to include the B&B in more reservation websites. Lovetoescape.com is one of the latest ones in which we added it. We are waiting to go live on innsofargentina.com
Hopefully we will have more exposure with those two great sites.
The lake is slowly starting to recede, and it is now possible to walk down the beach. The last weekend of May we saw the first snows in the high peaks of the Sierras Grandes. Our beloved Champaqui was capped with glittering white snow, and we can’t wait to hike up there and spend a few nights with our friends at the Moises Lopez post. The only thought of a hot mate cocido and home-made marmalades prepared by Juana and Moises are enough to fight the cold.
During this time, we also managed to visit some of the nearby attractions, so as to keep updated on what to recommend to our guests. We spent a wonderful day in la Cumbrecita and also paid a visit to Peñon del Aguila (www.penondelaguila.com) for some adventure in the mountains.
On the cultural side, we visited the Embalse Museum, and learnt a lot about the construction of the Dam that created our lake. The museum is built in an old power station from 1914, and we could see photos and machinery from those days.
One of the other museums we visited was the one in the small historical town of Amboy. The quietness of the narrow dirt streets and the old facades really send you back in time. The museum has 4 exhibits that show machinery and items from the turn of the century, some paleontology and archaeology, and finally a small room showcasing the history of Dalmacio Velez Sarsfield, writer of the Civil Code.
June is now starting. We hope to be welcoming some new guests!
Looking forward to that!
