The Trouble With Sunday

Argentina, like many countries we visit, takes Sunday as a day of rest. Which, of course, is bad news for travelers arriving in a new city late on Saturday evening because you can pretty much forget about stocking up on staples until Monday morning.

Cordoba is no exception. After a scouting trip through Sarmiento Park (looking for running trails) we went off in search of some fruit for breakfast. Of course, most of the fruit stores, except for the really overpriced ones, were closed. On the other hand, there was no shortage of cafés, bakeries or pastry shops.

We managed to resist the evil, sweet temptations glistening at us through shop windows until we walked past a tiny shop with a sign that simply read,"La Mejor Medialuna del Pais 707". Inside was the Argentine version of an UberEats driver picking up several orders and a local woman ordering a box full of goodies. The shop is so small, we had to wait outside until one of them left.

A medialuna is a small, lightly sugar-glazed croissant, and this little shop proudly claims to sell the best ones in the country! Our only prior exposure to them was from a package of them we bought at the Carrefour supermarket bakery section in Mendoza, which we thought were pretty darn good.

Now I can't claim to be an expert on Medialunas, but judging from the short time it took for me and Brenda to devour our baker's half dozen, the ones from 707 could well be the best Argentina has to offer.Read more