Small scare at Santiago airport when I didn´t see her and realised I had absolutely no contact numbers or address for her...And then she appeared.
We drove out of Sanitago that evening to Vina Del Mar, where Cecilia and Emmanuel, (Katerina´s mother and brother) live. After spending Saturday visiting la feria, fresh fruit and vegetable market, found on a dried up river bed, eating manchas con parmesan, (clams), shrimp al pil pil, and scallops in Valparaiso, visiting La Sebastiana, (the residence of one of Chile´s poets and ambassadors,) visiting more markets, (purchasing cuff and braid) and picking up the birthday cake, homemade by Isidora, (Yuuuuuuuuuuum!!!!!) we finally made it back to Cecilia´s to get the party set up!
Sixteen years may have passed since we last saw each other, and both were totally different people, children for that matter, however this has not hindered us getting along like a block of houses on fire...We enjoy the same sense of humour, and laidback attitude...Most of all though, we are on the same wavelength when it comes to partying!!
The Party Crew - What a great bunch of people! Me with my very, very broken Spanish and them practising their English proved for many laughs, especially with a few Pisco Sours, (cocktails) mixed in for good measure. Katerina is the person next to me with the sky blue top. Isidora, is the person to the left with the jeans jacket...She´s well worth commissioning if you need a cake made!
The time on the clock when I finally put head down on th pillow to sleep was 8am...Needless to say Sunday was a lazy day!
That´s it for now guys, so much more to tell, but don´t want to bore you just yet, still have a few more weeks of trapsing for you all to read about!
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Alex! Nothing wrong with being unemployed... i was unemployed for close to 3 months this time round. Looking forward to seeing you at the base of the Eiffel Tower!
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