I went to bed at 11pm and had difficulty getting to sleep,
first from the hard rain and later from what sounded like drums from a marching
band, faint but I could still hear them.
I got up only once at 5am to use the bathroom but finally woke/got up at
8am.
I forgot to mention yesterday I met another gringo at the
Tinto store. His name is Mike and he is
from just north of San Diego. I understand he has a girlfriend here and
spends 2 weeks here then 2 weeks in the States, repeating throughout the
year. (On a tourist visa the maximum
stay is 180 days in a year.)
Today is a holiday here in Colombia. I’m not sure if that will impact being able
to see the game tonight or not.
On my way to the corner store to pick up milk (1 liter bag)
I passed Beatriz on the street. I was
walking down the center of the street and she was on the opposite
sidewalk. She didn’t react or look at me
at all.
Since I’m nearing the end of The Hunt for Red October, I downloaded Tom Clancy’s Patriot Games.
It took quite a while this morning but I completed Level 2
Unit 1 - Travel and started Level 2
Unit 2 – Past and Future in Rosetta
Stone. But studying Spanish is very
tiring – I took a nap from 11am to noon.
Lunch was a waffle and glass of milk with my milk leftover
from breakfast.
From 2pm to about 3pm I was having a bottle of water at the
corner store and reading my Nook book.
From 3:15 to 5pm I was in Viva Mall outside Exito looking for the
mystery woman. Again I had no luck.
About 5:30 I was at Fresco
Pan having a café con leche and a pastry called a rojo (sp?). About 6pm a young lady sat down at a table
near mine. She had a pretty face and
possibly a nice figure although it wasn’t easy to tell because she was bundled
up a little in a hoodie. She wasn’t
black but her skin color was pretty dark.
Was she with someone? A few
minutes passed and I figured she was alone.
Was she waiting for someone? At
6:30 she walked across the street and entered the church. From where she sat, wearing her while hoodie
she was easy to spot. So, now I know she
wasn’t waiting for anyone. If she came
back to the bakery I decided I would invite her to sit with me at my
table. (A couple of tunes I recognized
coming from the church: “Hey Jude” and “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah”)
By 7pm I couldn’t wait any longer – I had to pee something
fierce so I headed home (in the rain now and me with no umbrella). I changed into a long sleeved shirt as it was
getting pretty cool, grabbed my umbrella and headed back to the bakery. I was there by 7:20 but the church was empty
and no senorita for me at the bakery.
I had another café con leche and at 7:45 I walked down to
Avenida 80 and caught a taxi. I was at
Patrick’s Irish Sports Bar by 8:10 and it cost me 11mil for the taxi. I talked to the owner and he said the
restaurant and the kitchen closes at 11pm.
(Same as on Sunday nights.)
He put the Monday night game on and this time there was
sound – although it’s all in Spanish. In
the 2nd quarter a “mariachi”? band showed up consisting of 2 guys
with drums and 2 guys with trombones and they headed upstairs for a birthday
party. The owner came by later and
apologized for them being so loud. I
don’t know how they can consider that to be music – it sounded like 3rd
grade band practice to me – but the owner confirmed that people upstairs were
actually dancing to it.
Today I ordered the Irish Stew and was pleasantly surprised
by how good it was. My total bill
including 2 Cokes, tax and tip was 24,200 ($12.74).
The good news is that my Chicago Bears defeated the Green
Bay Packers 27-20 on Monday Night Football.
They are now back in the mix for the divisional championship.
It's 12:45 am now and it's still raining!
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