Well, going to bed early last night was a mistake for two
reasons. 1) I was wide awake for
something like 2 hours. 2) I heard that
in the 4th quarter Clemson came back and went ahead of Alabama , then Alabama
The morning was a little overcast but it cleared up as the
morning went on.
Teresa and I and Mother Teresa left the apt at 9:15 and were
at Mall Laureles by 9:35. That was fast
and it only cost me 16,000 pesos. We
paid our 60,000 pesos per person for the Santafe trip. While the ladies were having pastries and
coffee I walked across the street to Viva mall where I wanted to pick up a new
calendar from Western Union . Unfortunately there was a line of people
waiting to use their service so I left empty handed.
Back at Mall Laureles I said hi to Lucas at his restaurant
and then had a café con leche with the ladies.
Our van left at 10:10 with us and another family of father, mother,
daughter and son-in-law and we passed by the restaurant we usually stop at at
10:35. Because we skipped the usual
restaurant stop we were at the hotel by 11:35.
I didn’t notice anyone else using the facilities and we
staked out our area next to the smaller of the two pools.
I had trouble getting a wifi connection so I went inside and
asked for the password. She wrote it
down for me but I couldn’t get it to work.
Back outside in the sunlight I saw that what looked like an upside down
“j” was actully an “h”. When she started
writing the ink didn’t come out all the way until she was halfway through the
first letter. Still, I couldn’t get it
to accept my password. According to my
Nook the signal was only “fair” anyway.
I wasn't using any sun screen so I didn't spend much time out in the sun. Only enough to dry myself after using the pool. At one time I saw 11 turkey buzzards flying overhead.
We had a very nice lunch about 1:30.
About 3:30 we walked into town. It either wasn’t as hot as usual or I’m
getting accustomed to the temperatures here.
The ladies stopped into a clothing store and after about 20 minutes
Teresa asked if she could have a dress for 70,000 pesos (about $25). I explained that I didn’t bring my debit card
and that 70mil was about all the cash I had on me after I took into account the
20mil we would need for a taxi back to the apt.
She said ok, maybe next time.
(It’s a good thing because later I needed cash to pay for our towels and
snacks and even later for something to eat in the restaurant on our way back to
Medellin
We stopped for a little over an hour and had drinks next to
the town square.
The van left at 6:50 pm.
We stopped at the restaurant which is about 30 minutes outside Medellin
When the van stopped at the toll booth I was asked what time
it was. I said 8:04pm. I was informed that the tunnel closes every
night at 8pm until 8:30pm. When I asked
why I was told something about gasoline so I don’t know for sure what was going
on.
At 8:35 we were back on our way and arrived back at the mall
by 8:55. We quickly caught a taxi back
to the apt.
T-shirt of the day: U.S. Navy
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