I Can't Believe It's April!

They say that time flies when you are having fun.  So it must be true:  We are having fun!  I said to Jack today.  You know I have not updated the Blog in almost month.  He said, no you just did it the other day . . .yea, Carnival.  Oops.

Life for us in Cuenca just seems to roll on like the four rivers for which the city is named.    My only complaint, and one that no one can change, is the beauty of the rhythm of life, daylight and darkness.  You see, in case you have not figured it out, living just below the equator means that there is very little variation in day length.  I think the sun rose about 6:18 AM today and sets at 6:24 PM.    This varies little over the year.  The problem is I still seem to be one Pacific Daylight Time after almost 5 months and so I find myself and my Kindle still up at midnight and then the sun comes up before 6:30 and I am awake.  Oh well, small sacrifice for living in the beautiful country.

The month has been filled with many great outings, dinners out, friends over to share meals, meeting new folks, some just kicking tires others short and long time residents.  Jack turned 75 last month and we had a house full of people to share the event . . no pictures as I thought I lost my camera . . . but I told you that already...

Gringo Bingo got kicked off in March.  The event is sponsored by the Cuenca Expats Benevolence Association.  Idea is to raise money for worthy projects and the first is a little boy who was hit by a bus and had his leg severed.  It was successfully reattached but the family has been hard hit by the rehab process and recently even had the roof of their house collapse!  Anyway, Gringo Bingo had its first night DiBaccos March 22nd and a great time was had by all.  There were big prizes and money raised.  The next Gringo Bingo by the CEBA will be a Saturday afternoon event on April 9th at DiBaccos (Tarqui Y Gran Columbia), hope you can make it!!



Debby and Dean signing in happy players

Intense number searching



Happy players

Another night we went to one of the best restaurants in Cuenca, Tiestos.  The food is fabulous and a must visit if you are in Cuenca.  Reservations are actually needed at this place!


Fillet Mignon in a blue cheese sauce that is out of this world

Other events included a birthday party for our dear friend and wonderful helper Noshy.  If you need anything she knows where it is, she translates, takes you to places, and can teach you how to shop for the local foods and even teaches cooking classes!  If you want to contact her please send me an email or leave a comment and I will be sure she gets it!


Rubin, Noshy, and Mateo

Other activites have inclued shopping for local handicrafts to decorate the house.

Friends, Gary and Sue Gaither, have returned to the US to get their possessions sorted out and return to live in Cuenca.  Stover, their four-legged child, has been keeping Iggy and us company while they are gone.  He is quite the character.  But we enjoy him so much.



Stover waiting patiently under the table for dinner scraps to fall . . .

Our attorney told us our permanent resident visas were approved to we gave him our old and new passports and the government fee to send to Quito to have the visa stamped in the new passports . . still waiting for their return...good thing we have no plans to leave the country soon!

Today the weather started out hot as we headed to church at Calvary Chapel. 

By the afternoon the rains came we are stettled in to get things caught up.  Chicken soup on the stove, with fresh peas and carrots bought at the giant open market yesterday (that is a whole blog post in it's self), and life is good.

Take care and thanks for reading!