Wednesday March 20, 2013

Wednesday March 20/13  update #398

Bella was off real early to see her Translator and was hoping to resolve her issues with the Immigration people.  Then she was having the first installment of the drop-in bridge club and they had a great time, even though the turnout was small for the first day, mid-week and all.  She expects many more folks to join them on Sunday.

I had a note that it was Jay’s Birthday today so I gave him a call but he already had plans so maybe we’ll do something tomorrow instead.

I then called Paul Wolf to see if he was up for a photo shoot at the place of his choosing.   He was game for this and chose Banos so we caught the bus and spent 5 hours wandering the town until a thunderstorm and minor rain interrupted us.  The main church is always a spot for multiple photos.  On the way there something just caught my eye, don’t know why, and I peeked through a small gap in a large gate only to see a beautiful courtyard filled with antique vehicles!!  There is a few bucks sitting in that yard!

We had lunch right next to the blue church for $1.50 and I couldn’t eat it all, maybe because of the king-sized beer for $1.00. 

In our travels we were stopped by a bored family in their front yard, 2 grandparents and a daughter and granddaughter so we had a long chat and took a few shots of the precocious little girl.  It is a good thing that Paul is much better with Spanish than I am.   The kid played shy until she saw her picture then she was all gung-ho for more, even going upstairs to get her own toy plastic camera, which she held backwards, so we had a good laugh.  I set my camera towards myself so she could look in the viewfinder then push the button, and she just howled when she saw the result, mostly my nose and eyes only…

They live just behind one of the prettier hot springs places so we just walked around it and took a few shots.  Paul enjoyed that area because there were a few hummingbirds but neither of us had the proper lenses to get anything decent.

We caught a cab back along the Autopista and it took no time at all, travelling the length of the city from out of town for $5.

128 pictures to filter through so you will know why this Blog is late… cut down to 46.  I’m getting better at being ruthless in my selections.

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