Sunday August 19, 2012

Sunday August 19/12 update

I let the boys in the room last night and that was a mistake of course, so I was up early and did the chores and washed my bedding before heading out.

Then I caught the #16 over to Parque Paraiso for a children’s festival centered around kite flying.   There were many kids helped by parents trying their hand at it with plastic kites or homemade kites from newspapers.  At times it was quite windy which created havoc with large signs and even an air-filled amusement slide overturned.   Luckily it did not appear that any children were hurt.  They just deflated it quickly and set it up again later.

Almost immediately I came upon some new white faces from Wisonsin/Arizona that have only been here for four days.   They said they have so far been rescued by Canadians at every turn and are very grateful.   We spent quite a bit of time together as I explained many things and gave them my card with my cuencaresidency blog on it.  They are pretty adventurous so I helped them catch the #16 back to Solano.   They only live a few blocks west in the Otorongo area but they also wanted to go to the big Mercado on Calle Larga.   I am pretty sure his name was Walt.   They will probably do 6 months here and 6 months in Arizona each year.

I was also hoping either my language buddy Juan (Gilligan) or some of my photographer friends would join me at 1pm but nobody showed.   While waiting near the bridge I met 4 more gringos from Hawaii and Colorado.

I had a large piece of fried chicken with a few fries for $1.50 then started to head home following the Yanuncay and Tomebamba rivers.  Since this is Sunday there are always families out playing sports or having picnics.  At this one futbol game this family had a baby Chihuahua that was so darn cute, and it didn’t yap at all!!  I wanted to grab it and hide it in my backpack.

I broke down and stopped at a video store that I had seen on my nightly walks and bought 4 more videos for $5.  I am sure the boys will enjoy Forrest Gump.

That was today’s excitement.   Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com.  Hugs to all.