2012 Cuenca Perspectives Collage

2012 Cuenca Perspectives Collage
VIVA CUENCA

VIVA CUENCA!

My mission in publishing this blog is first to provide a living history of my settlement and life in Cuenca, and to provide myself and the reader with a journal account delineating my reasons for why I have chosen to settle in Cuenca. Second, the posts are my way of staying in contact with family and friends back in the states, and to provide them with an understanding of a country and culture that most North Americans have little knowledge and awareness. Third, the blog is open to one and all who wish to compare and contrast the experiences of expat bloggers living in Cuenca, so that you can determine whether or not from your perspective Cuenca is an appropriate move for you. Fourth, my blog provides another example of how expats view and interpret life in Cuenca. Ecuadorians and Cuencanos who may read this blog are especially invited to post comments that may enhance all expats understanding and appreciation of Cuneca and its people, or to correct any misinterpretations in my assumptions and perceptions of Cuencano culture. Finally, I hope I can convey the feeling of love and appreciation that grows within me each passing day for this heavenly city nestled in the Andes and its very special people.

Monday, December 5, 2022

THANKSGIVING 2022



                Happy Thanksgiving 2022


Well, Thanksgiving came and went before we hardly knew it was here.  We had a nice Thanksgiving with thirteen in attendance.  Unfortunately, colds hit us fairly hard.  Maria Rosa who did a spectacular job cooking the turkey and dousing it well with brandy which turned out to be a stroke of genius, and everybody oohed and aahed over the taste and flavor of the moist turkey.  The stuffing and dressing, and all the side dishes were superb as where the desserts.


As I said, colds hit us hard.  It was amazing Maria Rosa carried on as well as she did, yet she looks good in the photos, and I was so tired by the end of Thanksgiving evening, I was in bed by ten Thanksgiving night and slept through for thirteen straight hours with no desire to get out of bed the next day.  Kent was down with a cold as well, and Esteban was also sick, but being almost sixteen, he bounced back in two days.  Maria finally visited a doctor.  Her medication seemed to help her the most, so I picked up the same medication, and after two days of using it, it seems to be working.  


Hopefully, after three weeks of illness we will be doing well, especially since we have a big dinner party planned this Friday at Tiesto's to celebrate Esteban and Sherry's birthdays, which are both on the sixth of December.  My birthday is on the twelfth of December.  Lots of Sagittarians in this group.  Cameron, after practically a year in Cuenca, will be returning home on the fourteenth to New England to visit with family for a couple of months before he begins his next adventure in Argentina.  


Below are a few photos after a very brief video of the Thanksgiving festivities.


https://youtu.be/hR_MynqRt8s        


Also in attendance but were not in the video are

Paul Tacuri and his novia, Jesse




























Above is Andres stealing the scene.






We hoped you had a great Thanksgiving, but on a healthier note than ours was.

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