Last night I left the apartment at 7:30pm for
the 8:40 start of the Baltimore Ravens at Detroit Lions game. That should be plenty of time, right? I caught a Circular 302 bus at 7:40, traffic
was pretty good and I got off at Monterrey CC at 8:15. On my way up Calle 10 I stopped and bought an
empanada for $1 at Comodismos (sp?). I
noticed that a Dogger (hotdog) restaurant across the street had Monday Night
Football on. When I got to the northwest
corner of Parque Lleras I walked on a different side and found a large
bar/restaurant that also had the game on.
I was at Patrick’s 10 minutes before game time and since they had the
game on a large screen on their patio I decided to sit outside tonight. (It wasn’t particularly cool (haven’t had
rain in about a week) but I had a long sleeve shirt on just in case.)
I finally tried their Chicken Thai and it was
pretty good. That, along with 2 Cokes
and a tip came to 28,600 pesos ($15.05).
I left an extra 4mil tip.
The best thing is that the Baltimore Ravens beat
the Detroit Tigers 18-16 on a last minute 61-yard field goal. Now the Chicago
Bears are alone in 1st place, ½ game ahead of the Packers and 1 full
game ahead of the Lions. (There were a
couple of fans in Ravens jerseys sitting behind me cheering for their
team. They thought I was cheering for
the Ravens when actually I was cheering against the Lions.)
I was back at my apartment my midnight. I went to bed at 12:30, got up twice during
the night and finally woke/got up at 7:20.
I had breakfast at Panaderia Los Mejores on Calle 35.
Damaris wasn’t there; she should be on the afternoon shift now.
I stopped at Viva mall and took some cash out of
the ATM.
I left the apartment at 9:20 and as I was
nearing the corner I saw the Simon Bolivar bus going by. I raised my hand to signal I wanted a ride
and was surprised that, even though he had already passed me, he stopped. I was downtown about 10 minutes early and it
had already been raining downtown for a while based on the puddles I saw. Reina arrived right on time.
First we went looking for a pair of jeans for
me. We stopped at a couple places and
finally went into a large hidden mall where 90% of the stores were selling
jeans or t-shirts. The first place we
tried didn’t have Levi’s and didn’t have anything smaller than a 34 waist. The next place I finally found my size – 32
but when I tried it on I found it had buttons instead of a zipper. Apparently most jeans here use metal
buttons. Finally we were sent to the
right place where I found a pair of size 32 waist jeans with a zipper. The brand is CHX – CHEVYMAX JEANS and they
cost me about 46 mil. I still have to
take them to be altered because they are too long.
At my brother’s request, we went to the place
where I had previously exchanged USD ($) for COL (Colombian Pesos) so I could write down
the address. In
the same area, while I was making a small withdrawal from an ATH ATM my cell
phone rang. I handed it to Reina and
after I had finished I asked her who it was and she said some woman asked for
me but then hung up. I told her about
meeting Olga and that I wasn’t interested in her.
We stopped at a place to have my picture taken
and the lady there told Reina I need to wear a blue shirt. Let me see if I understand this correctly: a
white man with white hair and a white beard and moustache wearing a white
t-shirt against a white background. They
probably wouldn’t even be able to see me!
Lol. We agreed to come back on
Thursday.
We had lunch in a mall we’ve been in many times
before. We shared a chicken dish with
French fries and Cokes. My portion had
BBQ sauce on it and hers didn’t. I don’t
remember how much it was but it was tasty.
While waiting for our food she told me
she was in America
with Jim and Angela for a month last October.
I asked her where she got her passport and visa and she said Bogota. She took a bus there and her first plane ride
back. She didn’t like the bus but she
appreciated the quickness of taking a plane.
She stayed in Arkansas
although she couldn’t remember the name of the town. She enjoyed the US and was surprised by the fact
that: few people have pets, there are very few pedestrians and little honking
of horns. She was impressed by the
Halloween costumes some people wore.
Apparently she impressed some men with her long black hair, dark hair
and slender build.
At 12:15 we decided to take a taxi to Oviedo for the 1pm showing
of Deadfall. Traffic was awful, it cost about 9mil to get
there only to have them tell us there is no 1pm show. We took another taxi to Jumbo on Calle 44 to
see it at the Carrefour theater. This
time we were there 30 minutes early.
Of course we had to check out the pet
store. They have several cute
puppies. I looked for another bottle of
hand soap like I have in my bathrooms now but we didn’t find it. We stopped at Mimo’s and Reina had a plate of
ice cream for 5,900 and I got a small cone for 4,100. We both had the same ice cream – like vanilla
with chocolate chunks and nuts. It was
delicious.
I bought 2 general admission tickets for 6mil
each for the 2:45 show at Carrefour. We
bought a small popcorn and medium Pepsi.
There were only 6 other people in the theater.
We both enjoyed seeing it together but then she
had to head home because she has to do something with her mother.
I had a small coffee and pastry with some type
of filling at Fresco Pan but Andrea wasn’t there
tonight, another young lady was.
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