Sunday, October 20, 2024

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once during the night, finally waking/getting up at 6:30.

Troyclough resigned our game in 26 moves, increasing my rating to 1589.

We left the apt just after 10:30 and walked to Ayura station where we had about a 5-minute wait for a metro train. We got off at Exposiciones station and went downstairs where we found a large Rio Negro bus.  It left the station about 10 minutes later. The air conditioning was on and I just about froze until he turned it down after the airport drop-offs. As soon as we reached the Rionegro area it started raining. It was still pouring when we got off the bus and we looked for shelter in the station. After about a 20-minute wait the rain lessened and sharing my small umbrella we walked the 3 blocks or so to the restaurant Candilejas. We each had a different version of the Colombian dish Bandeja Paisa.

For dessert we shared a slice of cheesecake

and we each had a latte. The check came to 102mil.

I saw something on Facebook, that soon disappeared, about Chris Cajoleas moving. I texted him to see if it was true; it is and now he and his wife live a block north of our apt complex.

We left at 3pm and walked around the park but the only thing interesting was this man playing his violin for tips.

We took a seat and listened to him for a while.

Teresa informed me she’s finished visiting this pueblo. I suggested we try the pueblo Carolina del Principe that she mentioned the other day.

At 3:50 Teresa went inside the church for mass while I returned to Candilejas to have a latte while waiting for her. I made some initial plans to meet with Marcos to see the Bears vs Cardinals game on November 3^rd. Teresa  returned at 4:30, had her own latte and we left at 5pm, in sunshine, and walked the 3 blocks back to the bus station. We immediately got seats on a bus and were on our way back to Medellin; the Rionegro bus was 11,500 pesos per person.

I explained to Teresa the metro costs 4mil each and the taxi from Ayura station is another 7mil so it’s a total of about 15mil. I suggested we try taking a taxi direct from Exposiciones to our apt and see how much it costs. She fought me on it a little but I was insistent that it might be less expensive. There wasn’t much traffic and it cost 18,900 pesos. It was more expensive but we saved time, plus having to walk up the steep stairs of the station, standing on the metro for 10 minutes, and walking up and then down the stairs of Ayura station.

Teresa suggested we watch another episode of Monsters (7.8) on Netflix. I put it on and it didn’t work as I must have still been on Jimmy’s account so I put in my subscription info and all was good.

I started reading the New York Times Bestseller Code Girls in paperback.

 

IN HONOR OF IKEA