I woke/got up at 8am.
We left the apt at 11am as Teresa had a few things she
needed to buy at Exito. I just needed to
return by 1pm so I could watch my football game.
We stopped at Exito
Viajes Express and Teresa talked with a lady working there. She showed her a flight for January 22nd
– 26th for a little over 400,000 pesos. I’m not sure if that included a suitcase or
not but I understood she could wait until January 10th or so to book
it. I picked up a brochure where I saw a
bus trip to Eje Cafetero (the coffee region) for 739,200 per person – that
included transportation, room, breakfast and dinner, taxes and emergency medical
assistance.
In Exito, while she shopped for Christmas dinner items I
went to the kitchen area but I didn’t see any oven thermometers. I did find a Pyrex loaf pan for 25,400 COP
but it looked small to me. I was looking
for an 8”x4” or 9”x5” pan but it was listed in centimeters. I had to find a measuring tape to do the
conversion - I was too lazy to multiple by 2.54 - and it appears that it was of
the correct size. I’ll check out Home Center next – another day.
Just to have something different I suggested we buy what
looked like a fruit cake. Teresa
declined. Then I showed her a long box –
a Classic Cookie Collection a yard long European assortment. She agreed as it was only 24,300 pesos.
While Teresa waited in line with the groceries I went and
sat down on a bench on the other side of the cashier. At one point everything seemed to stop for
5-10 minutes; the cashier and bagger just standing there. Price check?
I had no idea.
Finally things got rolling again and I got up and paid for
our purchases. We waited 10 minutes for
a taxi back to the apt. When we got back
we found we had a few extra items in our bags – a Levi’s XL t-shirt, a Levi’s S
t-shirt, a “blouse”, and a bag of candy all totalling about 200,000 pesos. We’re going to wash the XL t-shirt and
hopefully it will shrink a little so it will fit me better.
I watched the Chicago Bears (5-10) beat the (0-15) Cleveland
Browns 20-3. (Now the hapless Browns are
guaranteed the first pick in next year’s draft - again.) I got a clear broadcast with no buffering.
The yard long box of cookies actually contains 4 separate
packages of the same 7 cookies. We tried
the first package and it seemed a little stale to me. It’s a product of Germany with a
“satisfaction guaranteed” sticker on it.
I understand Laura has to work until the 31st of December
although she will be off tomorrow.
The Colombian Peso closed at 2,956 to the US Dollar.
About 6:30 Teresa reminded me that I bought a small carton
of Haagen Dazs Macadamia Nut Brittle ice cream.
I couldn’t find it in the freezer and then Teresa then realized she
never removed it from the plastic bag. I
quickly put it in the freezer for a few hours.
It was still soft when I took it out a few hours later and
Teresa thought it was too sweet.
Laura left about 9pm to spend Christmas Eve with her
girlfriend in Caldas.
T-shirt of the day: Anti-social social club.
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