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Wednesday, December
10, 2014
Tuesday notes -
Vitamins are REAL expensive here. I just paid $15.89 for 30 multivitamin tablets. Ouch!
Lawyers miss appointments here too and don’t think anything of
it. Our lawsuit against the Government
over Coopera will be launched soon. I
have all the papers and deposit money ready for the lawyer when he decides to
be in his office…
Wednesday –
The lawyer showed up for the morning appointment, late, but at
least I finally got to file my papers and money with him. He says that next week sometime we will sign
the documents.
Then I headed downtown, hoping that the Black Olive Bistro would
be open, but no such luck, so I wandered around El Centro taking photos. With the gorgeous morning blue sky we had a
lovely backdrop.
There are many Christmas things beginning to happen around town,
little parades, sales, music, etc.
I then went back much later and the Black Olive was open so I had
a crepe with ham, cheese and tomato which was unfortunately very ordinary. Crepes are much better with sweets, like
brown sugar or jam, or strawberries and whipped cream….. I was there on a mission though to find out
if they make tourtieres, French-Canadian meat pies. I spoke to the owner, Melissa, from Montreal, and they are
actually going to make one for the lunch special tomorrow. Then she will have a better idea of the cost
for ingredients and what she should charge me.
So, I will be there for lunch tomorrow to test the quality and find out
the price….
Hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day's excitement, Cheers, Al
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| A group was getting ready for a small parade |
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| Some of these costumes get pretty elaborate |
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| Our flower market is rated #1 in the world |
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| The bouquets are breathtaking |
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| This mural is on the side of the Etapa building on Parque Calderon |
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| The interior of Immaculate Conception |
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| Risky painting inside the cathedral |
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| Door panel on the center doors to the cathedral |
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| Door panel on the center doors to the cathedral |
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| Shoeshiners at work |
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| Immaculate Conception #1 |
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| Immaculate Conception #2 |
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| Immaculate Conception #3 |
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| Immaculate Conception #4 |
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| Musicians with instruments in Governor's Building |
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| Western style display |
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| He hand-carved this ukelele himself |
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| Virgilio Pugo Jimbo can really play it too |
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| This sitar was by a quote from Ravi Shankar |
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| Shots from the balcony of the Governor's Building |
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| Immaculate Conception #5 |
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| Looking toward the Old Cathedral and the Justice Building |
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| Looking east towards San Alfonso |
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| Looking all the way to San Blas |
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| Immaculate Conception #6 and Parque Calderon |
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| Immaculate Conception #7 and Parque Calderon |
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| Nativity display inside the Governor's Building |
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| Gorgeous Bass Fiddle |
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| The Old Cathedral |
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| Love the courtyard in the Justice Building #1 |
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| Love the courtyard in the Justice Building #2 |
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| Love the courtyard in the Justice Building #3 |
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| Love the courtyard in the Justice Building #4 |
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| Interior of the Old Cathedral |
