Wednesday March 13, 2013

Wednesday March 13/13  update #391

Bella was off at 6am to spend the whole day at the Visa Office.   That is not a process for the impatient.  She barely made it home in time for supper at 6pm.  She has to complete about 3 more minor items and sit through at least another day there in the line-up.

I did my usual chores which always take until past lunchtime then I forced myself to get outside.  I climbed the hill to catch the #3 up to the San Sebastian area to grab a few shots.  I am still getting accustomed to the idiosyncrasies of the new camera, for instance which has kept the instruction to do a delayed shot from yesterday.  So I am not including the resulting shots of my shoes as I tried to figure it out.    

It is almost a given that there are threatening skies every time I visit this area, but it never rains…  Besides the gorgeous park and the white church, it is adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art which had a large exhibition of an artist with the last name of Roman who must be tormented.  I could only bring myself to show you samples of some of his tamer and recognizable work.  I saved going into the Auditorium last and almost had a heart attack when I saw that all the huge parchment wall hangings were missing!  I went to ask the fellow at the desk what happened to those and he said something about “Espana” so I can only assume they had only been on temporary loan to us from Spain.

I always get a corner shot of San Sebastian right next to the umbrella of the shoe-shine man.  He looked at my dirty runners and offered to shine them for 50c, so why not??

Further down the road I checked at a couple of video shops and was finally rewarded in finding a copy of “Love Actually”, “Amor en Realidad” in Spanish, one of our all-time favourite movies.  It is set in England, a few days before Christmas, as it follows 8 intertwined couples played by an incredible cast.   We can’t wait to watch it again.

I also found a set of headphones with a 6m cord for hooking up to the TV for only $20 and it is functional, but doesn’t have a great range of volume.

I tried to call Mom around 4pm but missed her, and was shocked when she called me back at 5:40.  That is pretty darn good for someone who will be 97 in a couple of months!  I am glad that I will be able to make it there for her Birthday.

I had sent a complaining email to NetTalk about the crappy connections we have been having of late.  The people on the other end can’t hear us half of the time and I was getting fed up.  Yet my conversation with Mom was clear as a bell.   I wonder if that is because she initiated the call??   Hmmmm.

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