The pigeons were literally eating out of our hands in the big plaza in the Candeleria district.
Even though it was a U.S. holiday for us, these local school girls were heading to class.
Our sponsors introduced us to one of the city's secret treasures: the Paloquemao market, with a vast array of fruits, vegetables, dry goods, and hardware; great selection and better prices than supermarkets. Most folks from work don't set foot in this place.
Despite having eaten dozens of varieties of fruit in various continents, we have been blessed to enjoy a lot of new fruits.
A begging dog.
For my birthday, my honey baked pineapple-upside-down-cake. Its tricky to bake at such a high elevation. The recipes don't factor-in this problem!
We went to the airport to pick up Ireland, my wife's college roommate.
No, that's not her in the picture, but rather a cranky woman selling candy and cigarettes to the crowd waiting outside the arrival section. After I took the picture, she voiced loud obscenities that were beyond the range of my vocabulary. Check out her chemistry-class goggles.
A delicious supper prepared by my honey. I eat like a king--its really nice to have such a kind wife who is also an excellent cook.
On Saturday night we got together at a friend's apartment for good tex-mex food and good-natured card games.
We enjoyed Ireland's visit for a couple of weeks. On Sunday morning we went for brunch at Crepes and Waffles, an ubiquitous chain here.
Then we took the gondola up the peak that dominates the city sky-line. A peaceful church is located at the top.
The city spreads out below into the distance.
Restaurants on the other side.
We settled for a sumptuous lunch of local food, including arepas.
A delicious supper prepared by my honey. I eat like a king--its really nice to have such a kind wife who is also an excellent cook.
On Saturday night we got together at a friend's apartment for good tex-mex food and good-natured card games.
We enjoyed Ireland's visit for a couple of weeks. On Sunday morning we went for brunch at Crepes and Waffles, an ubiquitous chain here.
Then we took the gondola up the peak that dominates the city sky-line. A peaceful church is located at the top.
The city spreads out below into the distance.
Restaurants on the other side.
We settled for a sumptuous lunch of local food, including arepas. Still can't understand why the website auto-rotates certain food pictures.
Downtown street scene on Sunday afternoon.
We walked the 15 blocks to our favorite middle eastern restaurant for supper.
Downtown street scene on Sunday afternoon.
We walked the 15 blocks to our favorite middle eastern restaurant for supper.
2 comments:
Just curious - why do you say most people from work would never go to that wonderful-looking fruit market?
That's a good question, and I'm not sure why nobody goes or would go there. Perhaps because it is not as clean or organized as the supermarkets.
Almost nobody I talked to at work had heard of the place, much less goes there.
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