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Cuenca Canopy
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Dear Family and Friends,Chuck and I were invited by Clarke and Brenda to join them and their kids, who are visiting them from the U.S., to go on a zip line adventure at Cuenca Canopy. Chuck was very enthused. I, on the other hand, accepted the invitation but only in the capacity of photographer and first aid nurse should it be needed.Randy and Karen were invited also. They, like me, offered their photography and first aid skills. We met early this morning at the California Kitchen for a...
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Chuck Joins the "Boys"
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Dear Family and Friends,If you read some of the other blogs from Cuenca you may already be aware that our friends, Randy and Clarke, recent purchased motorcycles. This post is to announce that Chuck succumbed and bought a motorcycle also. He is now a member of the OF (Old Farts) Moto Gang. (By the way, Clarke tried to tell me that "OF" stood for Old Folks. HA!)Even though Randy and Clarke are considerably younger than him, Chuck is still a boy at heart. He will be...
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Busy Sunday
From Chuck and Nancy - Retirement in , 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Dear Family and Friends,Yesterday was packed with fun and friendship. We started our Sunday off with an early morning walk to the Kookaburra with Rich and Nancy. The walk was invigorating as always. After breakfast, Chuck and I caught a taxi back home. We had made plans to go to La Union with Lourdes (our housekeeper) and her family. They came over to our condo at 10:00am.We headed out in Puff-Puff. The drive was beautiful and we conversed in Spanish (mostly). La Union has had three days...
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Spanish Lessons
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Fernando QuitoDear Family and Friends,As you know I have been taking Spanish classes for several weeks now. My friend, Barbara, and I have been taking classes at Nexus. We absolutely love our teacher. His name is Fernando Quito. Barbara and I are now taking a break from classes at Nexus. But I feel that I must share with you the great teacher we discovered. Fernando speaks excellent English. He is a graduate of the University of Cuenca. He has a degree in...
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German Dinner and a Full Moon Rising
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Dear Family and Friends,Chuck and I had dinner last night with Christa and David. Christa is one of the our oldest friends in Cuenca. We have known her since first coming to Cuenca back in 2007. David is our dear neighbor with a generous heart. They are both very dear to us.I had not been to Christa's apartment since she redecorated it. She has done a beautiful job. Here she is, Lady Christa, in her new living room.Christa, who was born and raised in Germany,...
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Driving the Coast
From Chuck and Nancy - Retirement in , 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Dear Family and Friends,Yesterday morning we had our breakfast at the Casa Blanca restaurant in Montinita before continuing our trek north along the coast. We pulled out on the highway about 9:00am. Originally we had planned to go north to Puerto Lopez and stay at a lodge that had been highly recommended to us. Then we would take a boat tour to go whale watching. But when Chuck tried to book it online, we were informed that there were no vacancies. We headed out figuring we would find a...
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Rain, Rain Go Away
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Dear Family and Friends,Yesterday morning Chuck had planned to give Puff-Puff a much needed bath. But we woke up to a drizzling, misty rain. So we decided to go to the Fair Trade artisan market instead.We stopped and picked up Rox and off we went.There were a lot of woven items, baskets, etc. and a lot of pottery. There was also some jewelry.Here are Chuck and Rox watching their purchases getting carefully wrapped for safe travel. I will post a picture of our purchases after we get back to...
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Montanita and the famous Casa Blanca
From Chuck and Nancy - Retirement in , 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Dear Family and Friends,Yesterday we had a leisurely breakfast at the Ocean Hideway and then headed out. We got on the coastal route road and started north. All of a sudden the sun broke through and it was absolutely gorgeous. Since it was close to lunch time we stopped at a cabina on the beach for lunch.Here is Chuck waiting for our lunch.We sat at a table overlooking the beach. Great view. Notice the shadows from the sun overhead.I had fried corvina (sea bass) for lunch. Chuck ordered...
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Still waiting for the Sunshine
From Chuck and Nancy - Retirement in , 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Dear Family and Friends,As you can see from our pictures we are still under a heavy cloud cover. The Pollyanna take on this is that we do not have sunburn, we do not have flies or mosquitoes, the temperature is nice and cool, we are not sharing the beaches with crowds of people and the seafood is just as delicious as if the sun were shining.The first few pictures are ones that I took in Salinas before we headed out. This first one is of a man that I noticed feeding the...
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Nancy and Joe Levin - Expats in Salinas
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Dear Family and Friends,Chuck and I are in Salinas still waiting to see the sun.Yesterday we got in touch with Nancy and Joe Levin. They live here in Salinas in a great condo overlooking the beach. They took us to a great place for lunch and then invited us up to see where they live. WOW! What a view they have from their 10th floor condo.Exploring Ecuador is so much fun. We hope to see Nancy and Joe in Cuenca soon. Here we are enjoying their very large terrace that overlooks...
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