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Monday March 25, 2019
Sunday we were invited to meet at the German Restaurant at 10am but I had begged off to get some sleep. However my good wife decided that we should go so that I could leave her at her sister Adiela's after... There was quite a group this time and it was fun, punctuated by swatting the dozens of flies that seem to like it under the awning.
Wolf mentioned an international soccer match at 2:45 between Germany and Holland so we arranged to meet at David's for that. Then one of the German's, Mario, invited everyone to a BBQ party he was having that night at 6pm, not too far from our old house. He is a building contractor and apparently he is leaving Thursday to work in Germany until December.
We had a humourous moment when David couldn't figure out how he was messing the table with his German mustard... It took us all a while to figure out that it wasn't his mustard... but was drippings from the yellow bug candle.. ha, ha.
I dropped off Cristina and rushed home to cut my cabbage for my week's lunches and looked after the dogs, then tried catch a catnap. In my rush to get back to David's I forgot my fannypack with my glasses, camera and phone. I realized this 1/2 way there, in the rain, and, in hindsight, I should have gone back for it. I was lost for 10 hours without a camera.
Wolf did not make it for watching the soccer match because of the rain so I did not have to feel bad to pull for Holland, who outplayed their neighbours, but the Germans were better at finding the net (3-2).
I picked up Cristina, came back to David's while Wolf and Fabiola caught a ride there, then everyone jumped in with us. to make our way to Mario's.
The party was fun and they even brought in a band for a couple of hours. Cristina made friends with a Colombiana, Omaira, who is rooming with a Swiss fellow named Rene, and we got invited to see their nice place tomorrow...
The host and hostess made sure everyone had food and drink while a vivacious sister helped get people on the dance floor.
Since I had no camera, David kindly offered to take shots with his phone, so all the party shots are his. We lasted until almost midnight and then made our way home with David in tow. Wolf and Fabiola stayed another couple of hours and then cabbed home.
This morning it was FAA's turn to be balky with uploading my photos, but I finally got that done and managed to close my eyes for a bit before Cristina wanted to go first to help that mangy dog by putting a cone on it, but that wouldn't work. Its neck was too big and snout too short to make it viable so they ended up getting a muzzle. That way it could not aggravate its open sores.
Then we headed south through Tulua to Rio Frio. Since it is a holiday here, the highways were real busy. We caught a late lunch in the town's park before finding Rene and Omaira's place. Rene has lived in Colombia for 12 years and has been with Omaira for 3.5. He speaks only German, a Swiss dialect, and Spanish. So all today's conversations were in Spanish. I survived.
Rene is a miniature train enthusiast and also has a huge collection of model cars, and especially VW vans.
They have a lovely large yard with many buildings and a swimming pool, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 scooters and a car. One scooter is for sale but Cristina said NO. The next time we go to Rio Frio, we are to bring swimsuits.
They are just 2 short blocks to the river where all the holidayers were going. They were interested in hearing about Canada so I showed them a Travel Alberta amazing video and showed them some of my photos. Now they really want to visit Canada.
Of course, we made a small pit stop at the cemetery.
Needless to say the poor dogs haven't seen much of us in these last 2 days so I had better get finished and show them all a little TLC.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| David, at the German Restuarant |
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| The cooking area |
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| David, Fabiola and Wolf |
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| More Germans and Swiss joined us all |
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| This is a regular Sunday gathering |
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| Candles to ward off the flies expire quickly |
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| From David |
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| The next bunch are all from David's phone |
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| Gorgeous sunset lighting to the east |
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| Seen from Mario's 3rd floor terrace |
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| The driveway and garage served as the party area |
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| People kept coming at all hours |
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| Yours truly, lovely hostess, Mario and David |
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| Hostess, Mario & David |
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| Omaira and Cristina sharing a laugh |
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| Zenaida, ??, Fabiola and Omaira |
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| Quite an international crowd |
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| The fellow on the left speaks good English,.. and Wolf |
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| Posers |
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| The drinks were flowing |
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| The BBQ did its job |
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| 3 nice people and Rene |
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| Mario kept trying to get dance partners |
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| The hotess's sister was an amazing gal |
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| I got to hold their Princesa |
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| The sister and the hostess had boundless energy |
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| The band gets things going |
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| Fun, fun, fun |
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| Lots of selfies with the band |
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| You can see the heavy smoke from the BBQ |
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| Wolf is making a documentary, lol. |
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| The neighbours got no early sleep.... |
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| Sunday lunch in Rio Frio |
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| Nice swimming pool, plants |
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| Workshop, carport |
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| Big yard |
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| Two doggies |
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| Poolhouse |
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| Main house, poolhouse, and guest house |
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| Upper floor with low roof is very warm for laundry |
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| Over those buildings is the river |
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| Rene collects model cars, trains |
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| Rene and Omaira |
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| Panorama of their large property |
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| Gosh I love this view at the cemetery |
