Sunday, March 15, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10pm, got up once at 3:15, took a long time to fall back asleep (5:15?), and was awakened by my alarm at 7:30.

We left the apt at 11:30 and took a Didi to Exposiciones station where we found an El Retiro bus waiting for us. It was nearly full but we found seats together near the back.

We arrived in El Retiro by 12:45 and walked up to Lomo Fino where we had a nice lunch for s132,000 pesos ($36). Teresa had the chicken with vegetable soup and a guanabana juice and I had the solomito with a Coke. My steak today was a little chewy, at least more so than usual.

We found seats in the park as a band was warming up to play. We only stayed about 15 minutes then Teresa checked out a few shops down the street.

We found a table in Café El Retiro and Teresa had a Granizado (café malt) while I had a latte and we shared a slice of apple cake with walnuts. She worked on her purse project and I spent a little time in my endgame book. I won a game vs Chesswiz98, increasing my rating to 1519.

I just noticed the game I lost to Saul19780 where I lost 6 points, he gained 16. Probably because he’s a new player and that’s a provisional rating. His rating now is 1723 and he has yet to lose (or draw) at this 3-day speed. He’s also playing at a high accuracy, none of his 5 games below 85.5%. Right now, I’m up a pawn in a complicated middlegame.

We left at 4:45 and walked down to the bus station where we were soon on a bus back to Medellin.

Back at Exposiciones station we took a taxi back to the apt for 20,300 pesos.

I tried my headphones again but this time the battery only lasted about 10 minutes.

No tripping today so that’s an improvement.

I finished reading Ken Follett’s The Third Twin on my Kindle and went to bed at 9am.

 

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