First of all, while in Salinas we had bought some living room furniture for our new condo. In order to get our amazing deal, the idea was that we paid all cash immediatly before delivery. This would not have been a problem except we could only withdraw a small amount out of the ATM per day. So the furniture seller gave us his name , bank account number & bank name and what I assumed was his bank ID so that we could deposit the remainder once we got back to Cuenca.
On Monday we went to the Bank of Guayaquil in Cuenca to do this- please remember that our Spanish is very limited. At that time, we just took a deposit slip back to our apartment to try to figure out which piece of information goes where.
What we had assumed was his bank ID ended up being his Cedula/national ID number and of no use on the deposit slip. We were confused as how to proceed as back home you needed a bank account number plus a branch/bank ID number in order to make a deposit to someone's account at another branch. I sent email queries out to several friends hoping someone had done this before and received the reply that here all you needed was the account number and name!
Next day we returned to the bank and , no problem, the computer matched his name and account number and our deposit went in.All that worry for nothing.
Later that week we went to a tile store that handled the brand of tile used by the contractor we had hired back in Salinas to renovate our condo. What fun that was!
We picked floor, wall and trim tile mixing and matching the many, many choices until we both agreed on which combination we liked best. All we had to do was write down the numbers and we will email our choices to Mike. Now all that was left to choose was our paint colour.
On Saturday we went for a wonderful fried chicken dinner at our favourite restaurant, The Secret Garden. There were cocktails and mingling before dinner and we ran into a fellow Canadian who along with his wife had decided to settle in Cuenca after trying out many places. He even recognized our names as he is a reader of this BLOG- how great is that.
As well, we also ran into another couple we had met at Thanksgiving. We had given them our email at that time but my printing was so bad that Cody couldn't figure out the correct address and therefore never got in touch. Hopefully we can maintain contact this time.
our new friends, Cody and Michael with Uwe and I.
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