Wednesday October 31/12
update #271
Today I made arrangements to meet Jay at 10am at El Vergel
so we could explore a metalworkers exhibition in the area. Jay managed to get there by taxi and we found the museum but were dismayed to
find out the exhibit did not open until 5pm!
So we had lunch and visited the many neat shops and marveled at some of
their incredible talent and artistry. We
were quite surprised to be greeted in English, especially by ladies in ethnic
costume at a store selling Peruvian clothing.
We had a few chuckles there with one fellow wearing a devil’s face
balaclava and performing for us.
We got many shots around El Vergel and the Pumapungo Inca
ruins. They had the llamas tied up
right on the ruins, no doubt acting as live lawnmowers. I showed Jay where Big Kabuda’s Restaurant
was, then we climbed the hill and toured the Banco Central
Museum
Jay had to go home and charge up his camera battery and I
needed to pick up my hard-earned cookies from Carole Walter in Rio Sol. Carole and Ray have a lovely townhouse in the
back of Rio Sol and we spent a good hour looking at photos they had taken on a Rhine cruise.
I wound my way back home and threw the cookies in the
freezer, changed my shoes and climbed the hill again to catch the #3 downtown.
Jay and I met again at 4pm as there was supposed to be some
All Saints Day celebrations at Parque Calderon.
Nothing much was happening so I started to show Jay the sights, like the
mimes, and the Justice
Building
We went back to Parque Calderon but there was still no
action at all so we called it a day and went our respective ways.
Tonight is Hallowe’en of course but there are no goblins or
ghosts running around here.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs to all. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com
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