As you have
probably guessed the weather is much much better now, sunny almost every day
and lots more opportunity for beach time.
The next day
we went to a concert for charity at the very exclusive Salinas Yacht Club. 
The performers were a group of young adults with various disabilities who study the performing arts at Fundacion Gabriel in Salinas. Because of their disabilities these young people have some difficulties interacting with other people on a daily basis. Pia’s efforts gives them self-esteem, confidence and the courage to do a live performance in front of an audience of people that are strangers to them. A very worthwhile cause!
The show was
the musical’ El Hombre de la Mancha’ and we all know the most famous song ‘ The
Impossible Dream’. The venue was full, half of the audience local Ecuadorians
and the other half consisted of almost every gringo in town. A very full
turnout.
After the
very good concert ( it consisted entirely of lip-synching to a copy of a
professional concert) Uwe, Paola and I walked over to a new Mexican restaurant
in town, Luccy’s, run by an Ecuadorian woman who had lived in the states for a
while and definitely knew her Mexican food. Eddie met us and we had a few
cervazas , burritos and enchiladas- great food! Welcome to Salinas, Luccy, we
need and have missed good Mexican food.
On the
weekend it’s always too busy for us to sit on the beach- Ecuadorians love their
beaches and people from all over the interior flock to Salinas, So instead we
take a walk along the shore and enjoy the warm water, sunshine and people-watch
the families of our adopted country.
If we are
lucky, we can see a sport fishing boat come in. This boat had a load of wahoos.
1 Lb of
strawberries
4 lb of
onions
10 green
peppers
8 cucumbers
15 mandarin
oranges- talk about a bargain!Plus Christmas paper to wrap the many many outfits I had bought for my Great grand baby.
Remember the
last post when we went to the CNT to order our phone/internet/TV service? Well,
they called and came on the dot at 3:30PM to install only our phone line.
However, that was still pretty fast for Ecuador- we were impressed. Next week
hopefully we will get our internet and TV.
Later that
week we were invited to our friends Randy & John’s house for lunch. Last
year they had bought a pretty house in Santa Elena, a short drive away, and so
far they were the only gringos in that town. Randy picked us up at the El Paseo
Mall because it may have been difficult for a taxi to find their house- most
houses do not have regular addresses like back home.
Here is the
front of their house in a very quiet area of town.
Our wonderful hosts
When Randy
and John moved here they brought with them along with a 40’ container, eight
pets.
Two large
parrots.
One small
parrot.
Two friendly
dogs
And three
cats- sorry no pictures- plus they have adopted several more local cats- see
this cutie.
Their house
was lovely and we did get the grand tour. After a healthy lunch of soup and a
pasta/seafood/fruit platter and homemade watermelon juice, Randy took Uwe &
I to a local Museum in Santa Elena that housed the remains of an ancient
civilization of this area plus showed examples of life then and through the
centuries.
A very interesting and informative tour which was given by a young
man in mostly Spanish- our lessons must be paying off as I understood most of
his explanations.
When we
first arrived there was a bus load of young Peruvian students ( I’d say late
teens early twenties) who were also checking out the museum. Well, the oddest
thing happened.
We told them
we were Canadians and they quickly insisted that we pose for pictures with each
of them. Wow, talk about feeling like a rock star- Brad and Angelina move over-
LOL!
As first I,
then Randy and finally Uwe posed with each and everyone of about 20 young and
,did I mention, good looking people, as several cameras flashed off.
We have also
put up some pictures from home in our condo- we have many empty walls. First we
had a poster of the Toronto Beaches framed here- a great job- and much like
home even here the framing cost more than the picture.
Next we had
a painting commissioned by a young Collingwood artist, Jon Houghton, of the
intersection of Blue Mountain Rd and Highway 26- nostalgia!
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