Correas' Cuenca: WORLD TRAVELERS CHOSE CUENCA....

The more people we meet who have settled in Cuenca, and who LOVE IT, the more we find that these are usually people who have traveled the world.....and they chose Cuenca to live.....they go searching for a place to retire, or for adventure, and just to live and enjoy, and they, like we, settle in this lovely spot...

Today we went to the EUCALYPTUS CAFE

after Mass for their "All You Can Eat" Sunday Brunch.....pancakes, waffles, eggs, sausage and bisquit with sausage gravy, and for a drink I chose a Bloody Mary, and coffee......

We had been there a couple of times but now the management/owners are new....

OWNER, MICHAEL after traveling the world chose Cuenca....

Chef Bohdi, from California, chose Cuenca.... he makes awesome sour dough pancakes and waffles!!

Haley loves Cuenca.....

In El Centro .... Gran Colombia 9-41 between Padre Aguirre y Benigno Malo....

In one of the old historic colonial buildings.........

The food was quite delicious -- we'll go again and try the lunch/dinner menu....

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We had a lot of birthday celebrations in August.....Juan Gabriel on Aug. 30...

Juan Gabriel got to chose where he wanted to go for his Birthday Celebration... he chose TACANIJO so we went to their new location Presidente Cordova 1-77.....he loves Mexican food....Paulo put on a LUCHA LIBRE mask (Mexican wrestling) to clown around and brought Juan Gabriel a wonderful piece of carrot cake with a candle....

We had a great meal, and this was after a trip to the mercado San Francisco where he picked out some very nice "sport shoes" -- tennis shoes to me --- and he was happy...

On Sunday I had a cook out/wiener roast --- some dear friends who were excited to get a good hot dog....they just don't make them here the way we do in the states....we had relish, sauerkraut (from Norbert - I had been saving the can for a special occasion) etc., chips, and beer...Cori made a wonderful cole slaw ... and ... Norbert & Cori and Patricia & Lyle also brought some very nice wine....

Cori baked a delicious bread for me.....Glenene and Mel gave me the pretty lavender vase & the bottle candle holder which Glenene painted, Patricia gave me one of her special rocks which she hand paints, Norbert gave me the lovely amber tree from Poland, and Valentina and Rene brought the wonderful butterfly...

I felt so special....and then the next day, Monday the 31st, Bertha and Susana brought over these beautiful arrangements...

When Ruben got home he invited us to go to dinner on Wednesday evening to celebrate, so Susana and Ruben took us to LA PERGOLA for a wonderful dinner....

Ruben and Susana -- dear friends and neighbors.....

My delicious fried shrimp dinner....

My TOCAYA, the beautiful Susana Cabrera

La Pergola is a beautiful old world type restaurant ... it's full of rustic charm, antiques and chandeliers which make it seem expensive, but it's very reasonable...the food and service are great!

Susana's birthday was the 22nd but since they had a lot of family here from out of town, we haven't celebrated her birthday yet, and Jean L's birthday was the 27th and she got sick, so we will still be celebrating for a while yet -- goody, goody......

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Rick took me for Sushi on my birthday, Monday the 31st, and we went to NOE .. it's THE SUSHI place in Cuenca, and it's WONDERFUL!!!

Their martini's aren't as good as my son in law Scott makes, but better than nothing!

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Made some pickled jalapenos with Tequila....

An experiment so we'll see how they turn out....

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It seems that every where I look in Cuenca there is something interesting or something to delight the eye ..... and sometimes I remember to take a picture......today the lovely yellow flowers on the balcony of a historic old hotel overlooking Parque Calderon.....