Despite
our best effort to stay out past grandma's bedtime, we are back in
our room, scrubbed and clean, and on our beds. It's 900 pm. Margaret
is listening to demos of sciatica exercises on her Kobo reader, while
outside there is either a major fireworks display or a shoot out at
the OK corral. I'm assuming the former, but can't see anything out
our window. This is a late night town but somehow we just can't seem
to stretch it out. We had a trip planned to Isla Encanta (a
beach hotel, pools, snorkeling) but it was cancelled on orders from
the Navy, or so we were told. We were pretty disappointed, having
shopped all night last night for new bathing suits!As I said,
everything is cheap here, except food and drink, so we thought we would shop instead of eat.
We were up, packed,
and at the door by 830—muy temprano en la mañana! We'd already been to the corner cafe
for pastries and picked up a tinto on the corner. No, no. We aren't
starting in on the red wine at 730 in the morning. Coffee sellers
line the streets with their carafes of coffee and tea, and serve it
up hot in plastic cups. It's called a tinto. We spent the morning
walking to Getsemaní, a district just across the big road outside
the old city walls, shopping, finding a cold one (juice that is) at a
corner cafe, and checking out the neighborhood. It's very hot here, in the mid to high thirties in the afternoon, so as usual we ducked back in to our air
conditioned room for a siesta then headed out shopping, and walking
the wall around the old city, with dinner as our destination.
Margaret caught some fantastic shots of the sunset. It's just a big
round sun, unobstructed, and it drops rapidly into the pancake horizon of the Caribbean Sea in a flash. (You can likely find a photo or two on her facebook
page. Just search for her; I'm sure she will accept friend requests.)
And tonight, for the first time, we found the restaurant we set out
to find—La Cevichería—and had a great (light) dinner of three
different ceviches with plantain chips for me, crackers for Margaret,
nicely chilled white wine, and tons of great street entertainment.
The highlight was a group of five or six break dancers with their shifty moves, leaps and twists, tumbling and other acrobatics. Amazing to watch; worth a tip! After all that we were only about 5 blocks from home, so here we are.
I
haven't downloaded any photos today as the internet is slow, but I
have a few more from Guatapé. I will get some posted from our two
days around Medellín taking in some great museums, graffiti and other
street art, and the local history and culture. Eventually I'll catch
up. But it's more fun to be out in this wonderfully warm, safe,
enchanting city with its mix of Caribbean and Colombian food, history
and culture. We are loving it here!
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| La Piedra. If you squint, or enlarge the photo, you will see the stairs we did not climb. |
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| Carol and Gloria |
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