I read an interesting article today on The Weather in Cuenca.  It talks about the issue of the internet weather forecasts always being identical (and wrong), why there is no weather on the news programs here, and what makes the weather so unpredictable. Good reading at http://www.gringotree.com/cuenca/articles/cuenca-news-stories/weather.php.

There are an estimated 4,000 expats living in Cuenca.  In a city of 400,000 residents, that isn’t enough to change the nature of the city, but it does mean there are plenty of gringos to meet and hang around with. Tonight we went to a Christmas party by Sterling Kerr on the roof of his apartment. Regina was at the front door, making sure everyone could get past the front locks and knew where to head once inside. (She is the person that helped us get the church festivities schedule a couple days ago)

Evelyn went shopping for Christmas hats for the both of us last week.  The largest hats available were way to small for me, so we then went to a local tailor to have a gusset added to make the hat about 30% larger.  The tailor kept measuring my head and shaking his head, obviously not believing the size he was reading…:)  He did a great job on the hat though, and charged us $2 for the alteration.

When we got up to the party, we found only one other person wearing the “Norwegian Pigtail” hat like Evelyn had.  Turns out her name was Evelyn too, which got a big laugh from everyone at the party.

The Santo Domingo church is only about a block away, and is lit for the Christmas season.  One of the highlights was watching the church as the scene evolved after dusk.