YE GADS!
THE KIDS CAME TO VISIT FOR 10 DAYS!
10 DAYS!
5 KIDS!
Well, Cait and Alex came to visit for 10 days. their friends Kodie, Jeaneal and Brady came too. So we had 5 "kids" age 21 - 26 herre with us ........ helping us feel young / old.
How does one blog about 10 days of activities ......... especially when you think blog entries should be realatively short? A list of course.
THINGS WE DID (random order).
- Zip lines (called 'canopy') as you are going over the trees and ravines...very cool!
- Eating out
- Mercado .... multiple times
- Local craft markets
- Eating out
- Bus tour of Cuenca
- Riding busses almost everywhere
- Walking everywhere else
- No cabs (7 people)
- Massages (girls only)
- Pedicures (girls again)
- Restaurant meals ....way too many of these
- Playing cards at night
- Cooking classes
- Eating out
- Ahlmuerzo (that is NOT spelled right)
- Salsa lessons
- Dental appointments ($20 to get your teeth cleaned)
- Local craft markets
- Did I mention eating out? Holy Sh*t! 7 people each meal!
- Lots of walking around .... which in Cuenca means s-t-a-i-r-s
- Back to the craft markets repeatedly
- More shopping (Brenda plus 3 girls. Duh.)
- One of the lads (Alex) kept on asking about pr*st*t*t*s. Sorry son.
- I don't know many times they went to Tutto Freddos. (Ice cream and assorted desserty type stuff)
THINGS WE DID NOT DO (random again):
- Museums
- Art galleries
- Churches
- Anything remotely cultural or educational.
- Getting matching tats
THEY DID NOT SLEEP OR SHOWER AT OUR PLACE. We rented rooms (with private baths) for them at La Cigale Hostal. (FYI ... hostle, hostel, hostal. Apparently you can spell it any way you like.) 5 people 9 nights ...... you do the math. La Cigale was less than 50 yards from our apartment. But, we had a measure of peace at night.
HOW TO GET 5 KIDS TO AND FROM GUAYAQUIL AIRPORT:
Bear in mind that the flight in arrives at 11 PM and the one out leaves at 6 AM. On the surface, it would look like you are going to require hotel rooms for 2 nights in Guayaquil. Nope, not so. Private van will pick up at airport and drive directly to Cuenca (3 1/2 - 4 hours) over the Cajas at night. Ride back .... same thing. Pick up at our place at midnight and deliver to airport.
A WORD ABOUT ZIP LINES ...... AKA CUENCA CANOPY:
Bitchin'. Totally bitchin'.
"SO GLAD YOU CAME TO VISIT.
SO GLAD YOU WENT BACK HOME."
Clarke
So glad you had a great time with your kiddos and it was great meeting them. We're taking notes (especially the hostal part!). ;-)
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