Despite getting up twice during the
night I slept well finally waking/getting up at 7:30.
At 10:30 I got my old tech bag out of my
old suitcase that I keep in the closet.
I removed the security cable and other attachments to my laptop and
stuck it in my bag. If it was even a
millimeter longer it wouldn’t have fit.
My new fan is thinner than the previous and it fit inside also. But there was no room for the power, cable,
mouse, and mouse pad, let alone the headphones.
(Remember I now have a different laptop than I originally arrived
with.) Obviously I need a bigger
bag. I gave up on that idea and went to
plan B.
Teresa handed me some bills wrapped in
plastic and I understood that Laura forgot to give some money to John Joseph so
I’m to carry them with me and Laura will meet me somewhere and come and pick them
up.
I walked downtown and found a bus
waiting for me but it was another 5-10 minutes before it left the bus
stop. I got off at Parque Poblado and
walked across the street to Envios Market
where I picked up my September Reader’s Digest. They also had a package for me which I’m
sure are more vitamins I ordered but I didn’t want to carry them everywhere
with me today so I asked them to hold them for me.
I walked up to Parque Lleras and was
pleasantly surprised to find Patrick’s
Irish Sports Pub open. As soon as I
walked inside I ran into Patrick. I
asked him to turn on the Bears game on his Slingbox which he did.
As soon as I got an internet connection
I found out the Bears were not going to play most of their starters. Groan!
(This being the 3rd preseason game it’s usually a dry run for
the regular season. I think Nagy, the
new head coach doesn’t want to reveal his hand (new offense) before the season
opener against the Packers in Lambough (sp?) field.)
Anyway, the Bears 2nd team
offense and defense more than held its own against what I guess/hope was the
Chiefs 1st team.
For lunch I had Irish meatloaf which
came with mashed potatoes, and cooked broccoli and carrots. Just as soon as I finished Laura arrived and
she had a sandwich. (I wasn’t planning
on having lunch with her but luckily I had brought enough cash.) I gave Laura the cash for John and she went
back to work. (I now understand that
what she does is she goes around to various hostels and picks up visitors that
have signed up for some tourist activity and she walks them down or over to Los Patios Hostel.)
The Bears played well and ended up
winning 27-20. The next and last
preseason game is Thursday night at 7pm; I’d better have internet working by
then.
I walked down to Avenida Poblado. Normally I would take a bus from there but
since I’m more conscious of how many steps I take every day I walked up to
Oviedo mall. Inside I went downstairs to Carulla and bought a can of the PAM
cooking spray that I couldn’t find in Exito.
I walked across the street to McDonalds where I found an “island” set
up for people to plug in their laptops.
It is set a little higher than a normal table but it has stool type
seating. (With no chair backs it probably
isn’t very comfortable for long periods of time. There was no one using it today though.)
In their separate room which is usually
freezing I noticed a young man speaking English to an older man who had his
back to me. The older man was obviously
Jewish as he was wearing a yalmuke (sp?).
I chatted with them a bit and learned that the younger man is Colombian
and he is giving English lessons to the older man.
I ordered a Cappuccino Frappe and went
to their outside patio.
In the corner of a patio I saw a young
couple with their approximately 3 year old son.
The young man that looked like a gringo spoke only English to the boy
and the young woman only Spanish.
My battery was almost drained so I
didn’t stay very long. (In the future I
might want to bring my charger with me.)
Outside I walked across the street to Oviedo
When I got off in Envigado I made a trip
to the ATM for my last cash for the month.
I stopped at the corner store and picked up 2 bags of milk.
Back at the apt my cell phone vibrated
that it had a wifi connection but there is still no internet.
Teresa still wants to go for pizza
tonight so the plan is to leave the apt at 7:30.
The plan for tomorrow is to spend the
day at Santafe de Antioquia.
Laura returned at 7:15 and we all walked
down the hill at 7:30, immediately caught a taxi and picked up MT at the next
corner. Pizza Antica was full and we got on a short waiting list. After about 10 minutes a spot opened up and
we were inside. A slice of pizza and a
drink for each of us came to a total of 60,000 pesos which is 15,000 apiece or
$5. Incredible!
We were back at the apt by 8:45.
Today’s Step Count was 8,687.
Joke of the day
Andy
Rooney on Vegetarians. Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning "lousy hunter".
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