Correction! Last
night the fireworks started again before we went to bed at 11pm. Not to mention the horns honking, people
yelling, and plastic horns tooting. It
didn’t stop until 4am.
I got up at 8:15 and after my shower Teresa told me she
needs a package of arepas for breakfast, a few ripe tomatoes and a ripe avocado
for lunch. It was 8:30 and the Today show starts at 9. I walked to Exito, they didn’t have any ripe
avocados but I did pick up the ripe tomatoes and package of arepas she
wanted. I also picked up a package of
eggs, a small bag of granola, a bottle of mild salsa and another loaf of the
cereal bread. There was only one other
man ahead of me in line and I was back at the apt by 8:52.
After an hour watching the Today show Laura went with me to pick up my repaired sandal. The “shop” was about 4 blocks away and it
only cost 4,000 pesos (less than $1.50).
In the US
it would probably cost me $10-$20 and I would have to wait a week. We walked to the corner by the gym where
Laura picked out a ripe avocado for 3,000 pesos. She went on to the gym and I returned to the
apt.
In the afternoon I went to the park and won 3 games against
the young man with the Apple watch. I
then stopped and had a color copy made of my cedula and had it laminated. This is what I’ll carry with me most of the
time and I’ll leave the original in the apt.
I had Teresa call the Chess League of Antioquia at the
Stadium and ask about upcoming chess tournaments. I understand there is a 9 game tournament
this Sunday but they are 10 minute games and those are way too fast for
me. The next tournament coming up is
next Wednesday thru Sunday with games at 10am and 6:30pm. That sure leaves a lot of time in
between. The games are 60 minutes plus 3
seconds are added for each move you make.
We are going to stop there Saturday morning to register.
Tonight for dinner I had 2 pieces of sweet corn that I
bought at Exito. It was much better than
what I had from Merkepaisa.
I watched Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the
Democratic National Convention.
T-shirt of the day: Speed limit 55.
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