Happy Father’s Day!
We had nothing to eat for breakfast so Teresa sent me to
Exito. I got there at 8:50am – I knew it
didn’t open until 9am on Sunday. After
it opened I grabbed a couple bags of milk, a banana, and a box of Fitness cereal.
Back at the apt we had a quick breakfast of cereal and left
the apt at 9:30.
We got to Mall Laureles
(Calle 37 #80-36, Local 127) at 9:55. I
went inside the office and told the owner we have 3 more people to go to
Santafe today.
While waiting outside I was about to tell Laura that I’ve
spent a lot of time in this mall when I heard my name called. I looked in the adjoining drug store and who
did I see but Harry Kamp (aka Dirty Harry).
I hadn’t seen him since I moved into the finca. He gave me a business card and asked me to
call him so we could get together sometime for drinks.
Our van left at 10:15.
30 minutes later we stopped for 20 minutes at a roadside diner called Parador Rancho Alegre where we each had
a almojabana and either hot chocolate or coffee.
We arrived at the hotel – Hosteria de la Plaza Menor at noon.
It has swimming pools and hammocks and we just hung out for the
afternoon. Teresa put on some lotion,
drank a couple glasses of carrot juice, spent some time in the sun and by the
end of the afternoon had a decent tan. I
swam in the pool a couple times and otherwise just relaxed.
They also have an ala carte menu with cocktails, liquor,
beer, coffees, drinks, snacks, spa services and a variety of other things (fan,
towel, aspirin, cigarettes, etc.).
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| Resort entrance |
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| Looking towards resort entrance from inside |
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| Rooms |
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| Children's play area |
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| Main swimming pool |
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| Ala Carte menu page 1 |
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| Ala Carte menu page 2 |
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| Tables with hammocks behind |
At 1:30 they served us a nice lunch of soup, salad, meat or
fish, potato, rice, juice, and dessert.
Later in the afternoon we had an ice cream snack. It’s all a pretty good deal for only $20.
They usually leave for the trip back to the city at 7pm but
Teresa talked to everyone in our van and we all agreed we would like to leave a
little earlier. I paid an additional
18,000 pesos for the ala carte items we purchased, I tipped our waitress 10,000
pesos and we left at 6:15. At 7pm we
stopped again at the same restaurant. I
thought we would have a real dinner but Teresa just ordered 3 small Cokes and a
dozen almojabanas. I gave the cashier
20,000 pesos and she gave me 15,000 in change.
I didn’t think that was enough so I brought it to Teresa’s
attention. She didn’t say anything but
later I learned that another couple got stuck with the remainder of our bill so
we owe them something.
We got back to Mall Laureles by 7:45 when it was starting to
sprinkle. We walked over to Viva CC and
I went up to Exito where I picked up a medium hot bottle of salsa and a package
of Betty Crocker blueberry muffin mix.
(In the book I’m reading I learned that Betty Crocker was a fabrication
of General Mills.) Exito closes at 8pm
on Sundays so I got through checkout just in time.
I heard some cheers and saw a crowd of people watching the
DIM vs Junior championship match – Medellin
was ahead 2-0. We walked outside and
there weren’t any taxis waiting for Exito customers to emerge. We walked across the street and after a 5
minute wait caught a taxi. At the first
stoplight the young driver handed me a sucker and in broken English said “Happy
Fathers Day”. I said, “Awww” and wished
him the same. We heard more cheers,
horns honking and fireworks so I guess Medellin
won.
We were back at the apt by 8:45pm.
T-shirt of the day: Wake up!
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