today, we walked several miles all around mar del plata. it has a beautiful coastline, and must be very crowded in the summer time. right now, it’s quite calm as the beach bars prepare for the upcoming season. among the highlights were:

– a cool outdoor prayer shrine with tons of little plates attached to the stone wall
– a pier with numerous sea lions. we even saw two sea lions fighting (with some blood by the end)
– a museum with a huge collection of sea shells/snails (supposedly the largest in the world). many of the shells were really beautiful.
– a honda dealership right by the water…what a beautiful location.