שפונדרה

I woke up Monday morning and took the same route to Hugo's rent-a-bike shop in Maipú. This morning I received a red bike and took it out for a test run. Except for the front wheel that was doing "eights" everything was ok and I continued on to Bodega Tempus Alba. I arrived at the winery at 11 o'clock in the morning and was told that they only open at 12. I rode to Vintandes again and found out that they don't carry out tours or tastings. I asked them why they have an opening schedule outside the gate if they don't accept tourists. By the other person's tone of voice I could tell that he didn't want to deal with me so he shot a couple of fast sentences in Spanish and hung up the intercom. Although it would be a long bike ride I decided to ride to Bodega Flichman.

After riding 15 km, I arrived at the guard house at about 12:05 PM. I asked the guard if they had tours at this time. He said that now is "siesta" and the next tour is at 13 o'clock. I tried to make him call somebody who speaks English so I could make my case much more convincing than in Spanish. The guard said no. I could tell that he was afraid to bother somebody during their siesta so he would not get fired. I tried to explain that I am only one person on a bike and not 50 people on a bus; but he wasn't convinced. I wasn't about to wait around for "siesta" to be over so I got on my bike and rode back to town.

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