Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 4:40am, finally waking/getting up at 7am.
Teresa left just before 9am for her gym class. I left at
9:15 in a light drizzle and met Marcos outside Bunuelos. We each had a
small café con leche and got caught up on things. He’s going to transfer title
to the apt he recently purchased to his girlfriend then try to get her a US
Visitor Visa.
I checked my Accuweather app which said no rain in
the next 60 minutes (it was still raining). I checked The Weather Channel and
it said the rain would stop by 10:15.
He left at 10am and I moved down to Peccato which was
just setting up tables and ordered a latte. Darn if the rain didn’t stop around
10:15.
I waited until 11am for my umbrella to dry then stopped at Mercado
Madrid where I bought a small carton (6) of eggs for 7,300 pesos before
returning to the apt.
ALWAYSWANNAFLY041724 (1430) resigned our game in 12 moves,
increasing my rating to 1581.
We left the apt at 11:45 and took a Didi to the main Fed-Ex
center in Medellin – Calle 10 #41A-16. As we approached, I saw a sign on the
door and Teresa said they were closed. The sign was something about only 5
people inside at once. I pushed on the door and entered and Teresa followed me.
She handed a clerk her cedula and he went in back and brought out a cardboard
envelope and she signed for it. Outside we crossed the busy street and many occupied
taxis passed us. Terresa recommended we walked down a block to the intersection
but I asked to give it another minute. Soon an empty taxi arrived and took us
to El Tesoro mall. She opened the envelope and there is an impressive looking
US Visa stamp inside, good for 10 years. 😊
We had a nice lunch in Natto Bowls for 104,000 pesos.
She shopped in Zara while I waited outside but didn’t
find anything. We moved to H&M and she looked inside while I waited
outside on a comfortable sofa. She called and asked me to come inside and meet
her by the cashiers. She exchanged a few clothing items for an extra 50mil then
looked at swimsuit bottoms that were only 29,900 pesos. One of her favorite
sayings is “mira los precios tan barato”, her other is “todo feo”. There was a
long line at the cashier and I didn’t want her to waste time picking out a
swimsuit only to then decide against getting in line again. She ended up not
buying anything more. We went up to Valentina’s where we had lattes
(good and hot) and shared a slice of fresh yogurt cake.
We left at 4pm and got in a line (the number machine wasn’t
working) to catch a taxi. By 4:30 we were in a taxi but going down one of the
side streets we were pulled over by the police. Just a typical Colombian “no
probable cause” stop. The policeman asked the driver something then Teresa and
when she answered with her cedula number then name I understood what was going
on. He asked my number
and after giving him all 6-digits he was obviously waiting
for more but before I could say anything Teresa said it was a foreign cedula
number. He didn’t ask my name but told us we could continue on our way. We
arrived at the apt by 5pm for 20,200 pesos.
The rest of the night I just watched the news on IPTV.
JUST FUNNY
Terry, is Marcos going to put a mortgage on the apartment he is putting in his girlfriend's name??? He is good at playing chess, hope he is as good at the game of life. He wants to protect his Queen, but he should also protect his castle.
ReplyDeleteJack W