A Gringo in Medellin, Colombia: Saturday, May 23, 2026

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Last night I went to bed at 10:15, fell asleep quickly, got up once at 2:15, fell back asleep quickly, finally waking up at 5:45 and getting up at 6:15

According to my Fitbit, I got in 6,488 steps yesterday and last night I slept for 5 hours and 12 minutes. ☹

I left the apt at 8;30 and still arrived 10 minutes early for my haircut so I had a short wait. Daniel informed me he will be on vacation June 24^th to July 7^th in Barranquilla but my next haircut is scheduled for June 20^th so I’m okay. I confirmed my haircut is still 45,000 pesos and I tipped him 5,000 pesos.

I stopped nearby and printed the 3 pages of my training schedule for The Simplified Chess Improvement System. Apparently, the store rents DVDs as I saw these on the wall:

Today, for a change, I didn’t need to stop at Todo Drogas (have all I need for the next 4 weeks) so I followed google maps to walk to La Buena Mesa – took 12 minutes with only a couple turns. I bought a still slightly green banana and had a latte in Ganso y Castor. Anna Cramling is ahead in her match 2 ½ to ½ after 3 rounds. Besides rating points there’s a $10,000 pot at stake. I left at 11am and bought a few items in Ara before returning to the apt.

I left the apt at 2pm and had a latte in Los Porteños for a couple hours. On the way back to the apt I bought a bag of milk in Ara but they didn’t have the brand of arepas that Teresa prefers.

We left the apt at 6;15 and took a Didi to Mayorca mall where we met Esmeralda and Alejandro in Crepes & Waffles for supper. I went to show Alejandro my Fitbit app and the interface has changed – it’s going to take a little while for me to get used to the new one. I asked him about setting up passkeys on my laptop and after a little discussion I think we’ll wait until I get my new bank account set up in September. I had a waffle with 4 different sauces and a large scoop of ice cream.