Tuesday December 18, 2012

Tuesday December 18/12  update #317

Today I just went to the Book/Movie Exchange where it was unusually calm today and traded 4 movies.  Then I had been invited by Rommie and Charles to take advantage of their roof terrace to take a few shots so I headed there next.   I stopped on the way and had a very good Seco De Carne (beef, rice, salad and juice) for $2 nearby.

Rommie and Charles are such a delightful couple, he’s American and she’s Austrian, but they came from Australia.  He’s an artist and she designs clothes.    Rommie seems very interested in our Eleggant Hooks so I will ask Bella to be sure and bring a set on Friday’s excursion.

The rooftop terrace was different but had interesting views of rooftops from all angles, including the blue domes of Immaculate Conception.   I hung around up there on my own for and extra 45 minutes waiting for the jets from Quito to skim the rooftops just east of me but they never did show up.   Maybe they don’t land into the wind anymore???   Very strange.

When I came back downstairs there was another buzz from the door and we were joined by another couple, Bo & Linda Longood, that I had never met, but who were also joining us on the Friday excursion to Saraguro.  Well the afternoon went by very quickly with many, many belly laughs that must have been heard throughout the neighborhood.  Very nice people all around.

I got home and decided to take current pictures of my bike, so I got a pail of soapy water and washed it first.  My intention is to sell the bike as I never use it and it takes up valuable storage space.  The proceeds will also go towards the purchase of a new camera if I can ever find the right one.   Finding a camera is not the problem, it is getting the right manual focus lens that I miss so much.

I going through an email from GringoTree this evening was the following sad advertisement:

Police say they need help identifying the body of a 35-year-old man they believe to be Canadian, discovered Sunday in an apartment on Calle Larga near Tomas Ordonez.  Police say the man, who they believe is named David, had been dead for about eight days when his was found.  A pet German Shepherd was found alive in the apartment.  The body awaits identification at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital morgue.  Anyone who may know the man is asked to contact the hospital.

I am scratching my brain but don’t think I know any such person, most expats are old….

Bella finished her bridge instruction today.

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