Saturday, July 15, 2023

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up twice during the night, waking/getting up at 6:30.

I made plans to meet Glenn for breakfast in Olivenza in Sao Paolo tomorrow at 9am. He’s going to bring a gringo named Ned that he met in Bodega Cocina.

Teresa finally got up at 8:15.

We had previously agreed we would look for dresses today. I had planned to first go to the dress shop near Parque Envigado then take a taxi to the main park in Itagui, have lunch somewhere then go to a couple other places.

Teresa wanted to walk around Provenza, just up the hill from Parque Lleras, look for a few dress shops and have lunch in the area. I suggested we first go to Makena – Rooftop Shop, Cr. 37 #10-35, which is on my list, then walk around the Provenza area before having lunch.

We left at 11:45 and took a Didi to Makena. It seemed our old driver never got the car out of first gear as many cars passed us.  The dress shop was almost next door to D’Andre restaurant which I’ve visited several times with Glenn. We had to take outside stairs to the 2^nd floor, press a buzzer to get in, then take stairs to their 3^rd floor. Teresa talked to the saleslady but to me the dresses I saw looked too dark and warm for Greece.

We were walking around Provenza when Teresa asked me if El Correo was nearby. We almost passed it but now we’re about 4 blocks away. We turned around and I guided us directly to the restaurant. The waitress gave Teresa a paper menu but I had to use my phone which on a small screen in Spanish just took longer. I finally settled on meatballs with bread. The meatballs weren’t very tasty (Ikea where are you?) and the bread slices were too toasted. Teresa had some type of chicken dish.

They didn’t seem to have a lunch menu as it appeared it was a dinner menu with dinner prices. It ended up costing more than 100,000 pesos.

We took our time and finally left about 2pm and walked 3 blocks to Vizcaya mall. There were a few dress shops there, some for sale and some for rental but mostly bridal dresses. On my cellphone I saw it’s no longer listed as a “central commercial” but a “central de negocios”. I reminded Teresa that Mission Impossible is playing here at 5pm. It was now 3pm. We went up to the theater and sat down at their Juan Valdez. Teresa had a latte and I had a cold coffee (my first?) and we shared a slice of carrot cake.

We walked around the 2 main floors and checked out a couple more dress shops. I stopped at the Cine Colombia box office and learned that the movie doesn’t start until 6pm. I alerted Teresa to the fact the movie is 2 hours and 45 minutes long. It starts at 4:30 in Viva Envigado but she wasn’t interested. At 5pm we finally decided to stay for the movie. I bought preferred seats for 13,700 pesos ($3.50) each. I then got in a slow line where I bought a Cine Combito and bottle of water for Teresa for 22,600 pesos ($5.75).

The theater was pretty crowded and for last row preferre seating there wasn’t much legroom. The movie, Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (8.2) was very good with lots of action and some comedy. We were out by 9pm and I called for a Didi. Three minutes out it looked like it was coming down the hill so we crossed the street. It wasn’t easy seeing car colors or license plates with headlights hitting you in the eyes but he found us.

By 9:30 we were back in the apartment and we prepared for bed.

 

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