Sunday May 5, 2013 update #443
Gosh I had a decent sleep and got up thinking I would get
out today and do some good. The weather
looked very changeable so I delayed while I did some chores.
Bella stayed in the sack until 11:30, no problem for
her! Then she was off to her Bridge
Club again.
I tried to get a partner to go with me somewhere, anywhere,
but he wasn’t feeling well. Then the
heavens opened and we got a good soaking.
Then suddenly my exhaustion kicked in and I just laid down
and power-snoozed for an hour or so with Peso as my hot-water-bottle. I awoke somewhat refreshed and packed up and
headed to the Solano area to poke around.
The first order of business was to find the new Hearts Of Gold office
which wasn’t too difficult. The building
seems to be a little larger than the last place.
Then I wandered down to the newly renovated Parque de La
Madre (Park of the Mother) and soaked in some of the family atmosphere as the
Cuencanos enjoy their Sunday afternoon.
Next I took a small walk along the Rio Tomebamba which is
really very low now, so we can really use some of that rain we have been
getting the last few days.
I searched around to find the first hotel we stayed at in Cuenca , the Hostal La
Casona. It is beautifully situated on a
fairly quiet street close to the El Vergel Super Maxi store. Kitty-corner is the first house we checked
out that belonged to some beauty queen who wanted $250k for it when everyone
around says it was only worth $100k. The
place was very nice, with fruit trees and separate maid’s quarters
outside. The inside had some beautiful
woodwork and multiple bedrooms with ensuites but it had poor electrical, water
damage, and a very basic kitchen. It
probably became someone’s money pit.
I had made arrangements to meet Bella for supper at the
Chill Grill nearby but I arrived there early to find it closed. I didn’t mind as I find their burgers very
ordinary while Bella just loves them.
Bella thought they might open at 6pm but apparently not. A nearby buffet had its doors open but had
closed 20 minutes earlier. A taco place
did not look too exciting so we tried a Pronto Pizza place that seemed to have
lots of clientele. Their pizzas had a
lot of mozzarella, but no tastable meat or tomato sauce or even crust, totally
boring. I had ordered the meat lover’s
pizza and couldn’t taste any meat!!! Oh
well, we have to check out the different places.
There was a family with 3 young girls next to us at the
pizza place and one of the kids took an interest in us so I took her
picture. Her father kept giving her
English phrases to use with us and it was so cute.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs to all.
Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/
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