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Granja La Piedra Educational Farm
A day or afternoon visit to the Granja La Piedra
is a delightful alternative to the beach crowds
at Mar del Plata. Bucolic best describes the set-
ting with its modern yet rustic main building
and barns, organic orchards and herb gardens,
pine trees filled with singing birds, and grazing
sheep and goats. You'll learn about cheese mak-
ing and organic gardening, and enjoy freshly
baked
empañadas
and breads. There is also an
artisan exhibit. Lunch or dinner is included in
the cost of admission. For information and res-
ervations call
464-2546. The Granja is on
Route 88 not far from the Chapadmalal vaca-
tion complex. You can take buses #715 and
#720 to get there.
Mardel Plata AfterDak
Culturally speaking, Mar del Plata is no run of
the mill beach town where summer theater
means amateur summer stock performances.
Quite the contrary. In a tradition which started
in the 1950s and 60s, Argentina's finest stars of
stage and screen (i.e., the TV screen) not only
summer in Mar del Plata, they perform in first-
run theater productions that often travel to
other cities across the country and continent
after premiering here. During one visit to Mar
del Plata, Neil Simon's “Lost in Yonkers”
(
Perdidos en Yonkers)
was at the Auditorium in
the Casino Provinicial. Works by Eric Bogosian
and Marc Camoletti were also being performed
at that time. The concierge in your hotel should
