I have had some pretty bad head aches attributed to the altitude, but they started fading away yesterday and I woke up witout one today.
We will try to go slow and easy untill we are better adjusted. I find myself winded quite often.
Each morning and afternoon we venture out and explore a different part of the city. It amazes me how familiar the city is to us. We have been able to find our way back to most of the places we found last year.
Most of the 4 suitcases have been unpacked. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate the charger for the camera. We do have the IPOD so once I figure out how to down load pictures to the laptop I will post them.
Pete is starting to get used to city life. The buses whizzing by had him pretty spooked for a while, but he's figuring it out. And he enjoys our afternoon siestas!
The weather has been mild, but stormy.
We have been told that la Nina has really had an effect on the weather pattern here. Much wetter than normal. Winter here is usually July and August, with mild temperatures but lots of thunder storms. But this year has been wetter than normal. We've been wet a few times, but we haven't been cold.
Our Spanish is improving a bit......or perhaps our pantomine is getting better,
There is a store here, Super Maxi, kind of like Safeway, that offers a membership card that gets you a discount on everything you buy. We were feeling quite pleased with ourselves when we were able to apply and get the " tarjeta" all by ourselves.
Saturday evening we walked a few blocks to a plaza where a celebration of some kind was going on. There was a stage with bands, numerous food and craft stalls, and two huge fireworks towers.
We got brave and had a wonderful kabob of sausage, beef, and potatoes, served with some wonderfully sweet corn. We got really brave and tried some of the local hooch. It was mixed about 3 parts booze to 1 part of fresh, home made,warm apple cider. We were only able to finish a third of it.
The evening of fun and food set us bak a whopping 5.00. I hope our bellies don't pay for it later. We are trying to eat cautiously untill our systems adapt a bit.
We didn't stay late to see the fire works, we are a bit cautious about being out on the streets after dark, but there are many such celebrations in Cuenca thru out the year so I am sure we will get many more opportunities to see them. We ahve been told that Cuencanos love thier fireworks.
Sunday morning we had a marvelous brunch at the home of a couple from Vancouver, whom we met when we were here last year. They have a small dog so Pete was able to have some canine play time. We picked thier brains, and they offered us much appreciated information.
Just as we left thier place, the biggest rain fall we have experienced so far started falling. Thier place was only a few blocks from our apartment and we had our umbrella so we made it home wet, but not too cold.
We got into dry clothes and settled down for a rainy Sunday afternoon of Movie watching.
Monday we hope to connect with a young man who comes highly reccomended for helping us to find a more permanent place to live
I am now going to try to post some pictures we took this morning. These are pictures taken in the court yard and back yard of the Otorongo Apartment hotel where we are staying for the month..............
WOOOHOOOO.....it worked.
The river in the picture is the Tomebamba. When we were here last year it was more like a small stream. It has been raising and dropping daily by 4 feet or more as the rains come and go.It runs past our bedroom window and somtimes we hear the larger boulders crashing together as they are washed down stream.
Most nights the sound lulls me to sleep...................
Life is good.
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