It was a wet, snowy, rainy morning in Bariloche so we ruled out going for a walk in the nearby national park very quickly. Sunday lunch at the Parrilla with Andy and Carlee seemed like a far better option. Parrillas are like giant barbecues and serve mainly big, chunky steaks and mixed grills.

By the time we left the hostel for lunch, the snow had stopped and it was just drizzly rain instead. It took about 20 minutes, longer than we anticipated, to get to El Boliche de Alberto, at the far end of Mitre, and we were pretty much soaked. It was lovely and warm inside though so it wasn't too uncomfortable sitting in wet jeans.

The chef, in bloodstained whites, came to take our order and advised that a one large eye fillet would be more than sufficient for two people to share when we had portion of fries and mixed salad on the table to share. Food order taken, the chef turned away and we called him back and asked to order drinks but he simply told us that another waiter would come for that, he did the meat only. Another waiter quickly came and took our order for a bottle of Postales Fin del Mundo Malbec wine and some beer for the boys.

It didn't take long for a wooden board, with the most mouthwatering steak, to be delivered to our table. The steaks were massive and thickly cut. The portion of fries would have fed a family of six and there was also a simple but delicious salad. It was absolutely devine, the steaks had been cooked 'al punto' on the recommendation of the chef and were melt in the mouth perfect.

Despite having such an enormous meal, David couldn't resist trying the "Don Pedro" from the dessert menu and insisted it was a sign after naming our quiltro dog Don Pedro a couple of days ago. The dessert was ice cream with whisky and dulce de leche and very, very tasty. The whole meal was amazing and not as expensive as we thought it might be.

We walked to Rapa Nui, another chocolate shop, so Andy and Carlee could buy some chocolate. We resisted the temptation to buy anything although David did ask for some ice cream tastings.

Afterwards we took a walk to the main square, Centro Civico, to the tourist information and then went to the Via Bariloche office to buy bus tickets back to Chile on Tuesday. We figured the weather is not going to improve enough to justify the high price of the bus boat combo. It's $270 versus $30 so you really need to be sure that the weather will be good to make the most of the scenery.