https://www.saltshaker.net/20070103/by-the-sea-by-the-sea-by-the-beautiful-sea Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Mon, 25 May 2015 13:47:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070103/by-the-sea-by-the-sea-by-the-beautiful-sea#comment-240195 Mon, 25 May 2015 13:47:25 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070103/by-the-sea-by-the-sea-by-the-beautiful-sea#comment-240195 […] I realize that there’s more to Mar del Plata than just the coast, after all, the whole reason the South Beer Cup was held there is that it’s kind of become the center of the microbrewery movement. (Albeit that, if I followed the seminar that covered the topic correctly, microbreweries across South America more or less account for 0.4% of the beer production, across Argentina it jumps to 0.5%, and in Mar del Plata it jumps to a whopping 0.6% – still, as someone said, “it’s 50% higher here than in the rest of South America!”) At the same time, I really just had an afternoon to explore, and basically, I spent a chunk of it walking from the convention space, La Normandina, to my hotel, along the coast – about two hours, so maybe 4 miles or so (I was casually meandering, not putting effort into getting anywhere fast). Given that the draw of the place for visitors is the beach, or series of beaches, they’re not overly attractive beaches. It seems we felt the same way on our one and only other visit to MdP, some eight years ago (series of three posts starting here). […]

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