Wednesday April 10, 2013

Wednesday April 10, 2013  update #418

 I was up at 7:30 and hard at work on Hearts Of Gold paperwork.   I didn’t stop until 4pm, even for lunch, and got a lot accomplished but still much to go.   That will have to wait until morning because the volunteers keep changing and adding more stuff.   It is hard to get mad at dedicated volunteers who didn’t grasp our deadline of last Friday.   Tonight I am still working on changes resulting from emails just received.

Bella was off to her Wednesday Bridge Club this afternoon.

I met Bella, Mark & Karen, Mike & Jing down at Otorongo Plaza after trying to make contact with a donor that gave us an expired Gift Certificate.   I won’t get into details but the volunteer who got the Certificate is petrified to go back because I stroked out the expiration date….   The owner isn’t there until 7pm so guess where I will be tomorrow night or Friday night….??   Walking along the river I took a few shots.

We walked through the market that was just setting up in Otorongo even though it was supposed to have been running since yesterday.  Then we climbed the steep escalinata and walked past San Sebastian to get to Mangiare Bene Italian Restaurant where we enjoyed a delightful meal.  We finished just as a party of 14 were coming in and the volume level was about to explode.

Walking to Parque Calderon we heard a beautiful male voice and we found this man singing in the gazebo backed by a small orchestra.   I was thankful to catch a cab home as I am just exhausted.

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