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Saturday August 2, 2014
Happy 12th Birthday to my grandson Tyson.
The best laid plans of mice and men rarely work out in Ecuador because of "Ecuador Time". Oswaldo invited me out to his place for "lunch" and he was to pick me up around 1:00, then bring me back around 4:00. He was only modestly late and we headed over to his place, just 10 minutes away on the Autopista.
Upon arrival I found out that the plan was for 11 people to enjoy a filet mignon meal once a group arrived from a tour of the Amaru Zoo which is owned by a niece. This group was extremely late in arriving so that we were hardly having "lunch" and drinks until after 4pm. The meal was stupendous and the conversation was lively with the Ecuadorians entertaining a Canadian, Australian and a New Zealander. Then you throw in 3 kids and 3 dogs and it was indeed eventful. One of the young boys, only 6 years old, blew me away with his mastery of French, English and Spanish! I have always maintained that young kids are sponges, and that they could easily learn 10 languages if we let them....
Oswaldo's home has a very eclectic collection of antiques and artifacts, from old cameras to a mechanical bull so I enjoyed browsing.
I had to call Joe's Secret Garden and apologize that I either was not going to make it, or I would be extremely late. After the enormous meal at Oswaldo's there was not any thought of adding Joe's famous Southern Fried Chicken to my day's menu, and anyway, my driver was soon in no shape to take me. Much later, one of Oswaldo's sisters drove me home after we all had much more conversation about our cultural differences.
All afternoon I had to parry many entreaties to reverse my decision to leave Ecuador but it is pretty much irreversible now. I hope to have my house on the market next week.
NOTE that you may click on any photo for an ENLARGED VIEW.
Hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day's excitement, Cheers, Al
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| Love this old silent movie projector |
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| This little metal locomotive was neat |
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| Ancient books in Latin adorn his coffee table |
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| Pretty fancy key for something |
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| OK, so I REALLY like the projector |
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| Loved the line-up of hats |
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| The entrance to his western bar.... |
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| One ringy-dingy... |
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| More cool stuff in the western bar |
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| Western door knocker |
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| Lovely colours on these fake leaves |
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| Intriguing pendant/necklace |
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| The western bar area |
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| Beautiful view to the north |
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| Interesting poster |
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| Colourful cactus plant outside |
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| Metalwork on a wall |
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| A look east over the tile roofs towards the flat mountain |
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| More eclectic stuff |
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| Old water pump |
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| Hockey sticks for handles on this old plow |
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| Shrimp salad. I forgot to shoot the main meal... |
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| Casper and Rocky now rule the place. |
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| Beauty and the Beast... |
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| Looking down to the entrance to this acreage. |
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| Another delicious salad. |
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| Ecuadorian, Aussie, and a Kiwi |
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| We sure had a lot of laughs this day |
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| Too many people for only one table |
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| Who can resist those eyes? |
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| Oswaldo's sister and some of her family unit |
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| This 6-year old can speak 3 languages! |
