If you didn’t
see 4 pictures of Lucia in yesterday’s posting, go back to view the other pictures
she sent me, before you read today’s posting.
Last night I
left for LM at 5:45. At 6:05 I got a
call from Lucia that she was at Mimo’s
in Viva mall and then she immediately hung up.
Ah, “Mimos” translated to “pampering”, now I understand. What she probably didn’t know is that there
are 2 Mimo’s in Viva mall. I passed the one downstairs and she wasn’t
there. I went upstairs and she wasn’t
there. I called her and she said she
would be there in a minute. Evidently we
went down different hallways – to different Mimo’s. She approached me with a young girl of about
8 and she didn’t look like her pictures.
Obviously those were old pictures or she has been on Latin American
Cupid for a looong time; and she has the big thighs and butt I don’t care for.
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| Lucia |
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| Lucia and friend |
I told her
for a good Wi-Fi connection we need to go to Mall de Laureles. There, with the use of the translator and
Lucas’ help later, I learned: the girl is an orphan that Lucia found in a small
town outside Medellin; she has been with her for 8 days; the girl has a learning
disability and Lucia is going to try to get her into some college class (don’t
ask); Lucia’s mother lives in Guatape.
I invited
Lucia to see a movie with me Wednesday afternoon followed by dinner and she asked
me if the movie will be in my apartment or in the theater. She was shocked when I told her not only do I
not have a television but I don’t have a telephone or a refrigerator. That’s when she invited me to her apartment
Friday night for dinner (after I also told her I don’t cook). She told me her name is Lucia Velaquez and her
apartment is 2 blocks east of the Saludcoop clinic.
They left
about 8pm and I gave her 10mil for a taxi (as she asked; probably enough to
cover the cost for both ways).
On the way
back to the apartment I stopped at the Tinto store and Gonzalo asked me to meet
him there tomorrow morning at 9am for coffee.
A little 5 year old boy came up to me and asked if I spoke English. I asked him how long he has been speaking
English and he said since he was a baby and his parents taught him. He asked me who I learned English from and I
said my parents. Cute kid! I stopped at Fresco Pan and had a slice of ham & cheese pizza (no coffee)
just before they closed at 8:30.
Check out this website for
those of you who like music from the 40s, 50s & 60s: http://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm I enjoyed listening to the oldies
for the rest of the evening!
Last night I went to bed at 10:30 but didn’t fall asleep
until after 1am. The coffee! I got up once during the night, woke up at
6:45 and got up at 7am.
I had my usual breakfast at El Comedor de Chava at 8am and was at the Tinto store from 9-9:30
but no sign of Gonzalo. Back at the
apartment I got a call from Harry at 9:55 telling me he was at LM and he would
be there for at least another hour. I
finished up a few things in the apartment and was at LM by 10:30. I showed him the “before” and “after” photos
of Lucia and told him the story of our meeting.
After Harry left about 11:15 I spent an hour copying notes into my
Spanish notebook.
I was at Pizza
Americana from 12:45 to 1:45 but the lady I was looking for was again a noshow. Last time I ate there they didn’t put any
oregano on or in my pizza so I reminded the cook not to forget this time. This time, after finishing my Nepolitana
pizza, I asked him to put in a little less oregano next time.
We had a lot of rain this afternoon and it finally stopped
about 5pm. I took advantage of the
opportunity and had a cup of coffee and slice of ham & cheese pizza at Fresco Pan. Church let out just after I finished so I
walked over to Paisa Pan and had
another cup of coffee and a churro. My
bill came to 1700 pesos and I gave her a 200 peso coin and a 2000 peso bill and
she didn’t seem to be able to handle the arithmetic until I told her my change
is a 500 peso coin.
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