Well another day to search out some “good adventures.” Carol tried to make friends with the 2 parrots here in the Casa Liza garden. One would hold her finger. The other thought it more like – looks like chicken – I mean parrot food to me!
From there, met Kathy at the YARN shop. Nice chat and saw this is an outlet for Carol during our next visit. Although I have snapped many photos – Carol has read 8 books. Nice way to spend leisure time.
From there, on to the Jardin – city center park. We get to meet Ollie and friends. We sat near them a week ago on visit to the El Pegaso restaurant. I needed to get more details on the others. My mind is not as sharp as 94 year old Ollie! We met his son, Russell and Norman also at the restaurant. A new person was Ellie who is in SMA on a house swap. Also has been to San Diego area where Ollie and Russell also have homes. A coincidence for them. A bigger one was when Ollie heard I had been @ Ford Motor. Ollie said he helped design the chassis on the 4 door T’Bird of the late 50’s. We talk more and find he lived in the Dearborn Hills neighborhood I am now in – WOW. Neither remembered the exact street since it was 1947 when they left.
They asked us to join the for a beer since it was lunch time. For us, we had only finished breakfast less then an our before so told them – later :-)
The next stop – the artesans market to see what trinkets we might bring back. Although our second visit there, no clear items than said – take me home!
Since we were already headed in a eastern direction, took out the map and found a church “up in the hills” I heard about. Templo San Jose de le Montagna. After huffing and puffing for 45 minutes found it. Wonderful spot to view the whole city – again. From there, the option, climb up another 400 or so feet in altitude or head down? No decision required on my part. The stairway we found was narrow and s-t-e-e-p. Think scary steep.
It was a fun walk down observing the sights as we descended. Since time now around 3:30 pm stop for food @ El Pegaso and meet our wait staff friends there. Always nice and call us by our names – yes good names Mariano and Carol.
From there, started return trip home to relax. While almost there, stopped to talk to a lady who was sweeping up the broken beer bottles in the street from the night before. Add one more friend to the list – Evelyn from Texas. She has been coming here for 25 years. Within minutes, the rains start, so she invites us in the wait it out and show us her adobe built house. Like many other places nearby – authentic 17th century. Chat was fun and left after the rain.
Later rains came when it got dark around 8 pm. I stood by our balcony and listened to the thunder in the distance. As that stopped, could hear the crickets chirping. To think, many more months before we get that sound in Michigan.
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Adios – don Mariano
