Merry Christmas Eve! – It is hard
to remember what day it is here in the continual sunshine and with no TV to
keep reminding us.
Guess I’ve been remiss with my
posting. Seem to be getting lazier and lazier.
A couple of posts ago I mentioned
the wall around our favorite parking lot. Finally got the Real information about
it. Notice the crack between small front section and the big side part of the
wall.
The chain is trying to hold it together. Last time I understood that the
city would not let them repair it – Wrong – the city will let them repair or
rebuild it as long as it is done historically accurate. The problem is the
owner of the lot doesn’t want to spend that kind of money. He wants to tear it
down or replace it with something cheaper… So now he has put the lot up for
sale but no one wants to buy it. The saga continues.
We had a rather nice surprise the
other day. A car pulled up out front and a gentleman got out and knocked on our
door, When Bill answered the delivery man made sure who we were and went back
to his car and brought out a cake for us. The doctor who is the director of the
hospital Bill was in last year sent it to us. He wanted to know how Bill was
doing. So we stopped by to visit with him the other day. He said he’d seen the
Jeep going by and took a chance that we were staying at the same campground and
sent the cake. He is a good friend of
Paquis, the congresswomen too. Had a good visit with him and the nurse that
took such good care of Bill. No pictures of the cake - ate it too fast - beyond delicious! From the Panama Bakery
Monday afternoon we went to the
Centro Historico with Esther, Mike and their four kids to the Central Market and
Plazuela Machado. Passed this pickup truck parked at the curb next to the cart
that sells packaged nuts. The bed was covered with a cloth with sunflower seeds
drying on it.
Into the market – they’d never
been to one of the big central markets so we had to check out the chicken feet.
Stopped to listen to the two guys
who stroll around the market playing their drums and horns.
After the market we went to a
yardage shop – everything was so crowded. Then we headed to the Plazuela
Machado for lunch. Stopped at Beach Burger.
While there we watched the woman
pose for pictures. Her dress was magnificent. Her hair was pretty too. She didn’t
have any attendants and she looked older than 15 so don’t know what the story
was.
And then this group taking 15th
birthday pictures. The girl and her escort
With some of her attendants.
Boys and girls.
Meanwhile we were sitting at the
table waiting for our meals. The children got served first – they had
quesadillas. Bill got his meal Italian Chicken Salad, Then I got mine
quesadilla and Mike got his burrito. Esther still hadn’t gotten her
hamburger…and still didn’t get her hamburger …We saw a plate with a raw burger
come out of the restaurant and go into the restaurant next door???? The waiter
came over to Bill and whispered to him. Bill started to laugh. Then the waiter
told Esther – her hamburger would be ready soon but they were having to cook it
next door as they had run out of propane before it got cooked. RUN OUT OF
PROPANE??? Saw her hamburger make its trip back to Beach Burger and soon it
came out to be set in front of her. Oh My. Welcome to Mexico .
While we were eating the propane
truck came to refill the tank. I didn’t think to take a picture of it. They
have to throw a rope down from the roof and drag the hose up the building to
fill the tank. And of course the street is so narrow they have to block it to keep
out any traffic. You can see the propane truck behind the girls.
Heading home we stopped at Mega, a
supermarket, and I had to take a picture of the little tree in the bakery
department decorated with tiny baked breads.
Yesterday we pretty much stayed
home all day except to go pick up our laundry.
Today we might go to the new mall
up by us -
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