Wednesday I went with Rick to pay bills, which means we eat lunch out somewhere....
We went downtown and as I was looking at the lovely old buildings I noticed one that said CASA EPISCOPAL - Bishop's House....very old & lovely....
Business finished so we headed toward home stopping for lunch at Tutto Matto:
There we ran into some Gringo friends.....the place seems to have a lot of gringo customers...with reason, good food & reasonable prices....
After lunch we walked 1/2 block to Ital Deli -- an American style deli full of the best meat in Cuenca....here is where we get our bacon...neat thing I noticed is that Ital Deli had in their refrigerated case CORN TORTILLAS! Oh yes, Cuenca is growing up!
Back home to rest a little but not before taking a picture of the gorgeous Calla Lily blooming in our backyard...Yolanda brought several plants from her home and after struggling some they are starting to do very well....
Thursday late afternoon Susana came over ....I opened a bottle of wine and we sat in the kitchen visiting....pretty soon Ruben came over ( I think he gets curious about what we gals are talking about) I poured him a glass and he sat and we had a very good conversation about educating children....case in point, daughter Poleth and husband Andres are university graduates with accounting degrees, but they haven't been able to find steady work doing accounting...so...Andres got a contract for $100,000.00 to repair, replace, and clean up the main building of Banco Bolivariano!! Amazing that he was able to pull it off with NO EXPERIENCE doing that kind of thing....they are going great guns, but it was because Poleth and Andres were taught HOW TO WORK! They hopefully will make about $20,000 for them if they finish on time in January...and now have another job lined up after this is finished ... so proud of them starting their own business!!
Then Bertha came over....after Susana & Ruben left Bertha wanted to see if I had any tee shirts for Titi.....couldn't find any but she fell in love with a lovely Fostoria Romance fruit bowl/centerpiece with matching candelabra, and a darling Malachite ring....since they are now 1/2 price she took the ring and left. I locked up, but back she came with Geovani - for the Fostoria pieces! It made me happy to see her with the Fostoria because this was the pattern Christina Maria chose & I love seeing it go to dear friends....
Friday a new friend came over so we could meet face to face and have lunch....we went to Bertuchi's for Italian....Ginger is a delight, from Dallas, and we had a good time talking and comparing adventures....Rick had recommended she see Dr. Galo Cardenas for her immigration questions and she was VERY HAPPY she went to see him! Took he over to "our" bakery around the corner from us so we could all load up on goodies...
This morning Susana took us to the Italian, Fillipo, to get bread and cheese....how I love good bread and good cheese....today I got Olive Bread and bread with dried tomatoes, and 2 kinds of cheese, Fontina, and one with crushed black pepper....so yummy....
After Susana picked up Paula from her English classes, we dropped Rick downtown to get a haircut .... the barber had raised his price to an outrageous $4..... :)
Then we went to get an "ice cream" frozen yogurt really -- 2 flavors swirled together - great!
On the way home Susana spotted a Garage Sale so we stopped.....gave her the idea of having a big "neighborhood" sale with Bertha, Ximena, and Eugenia....move out the trucks and have the sale under the covered driveway....I really like the idea since I was thinking the same thing!!!
When Rick got home we ate some empanadas he picked up -- not as good as Fannys' ... hers are twice the size and really FULL of meat and chicken!
It's now time for a siesta!!
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