This is the statue that is moved from church to church every four days Prior to arriving in Cuenca, we had read in various sources that there were 50, 52 and 55 Catholic churches here. Everyone seemed to have a different number. The actual number turns out to be 67, as evidenced by the official […]
Orchestra Sinfonica de Cuenca
The Cuenca Symphony put on a free Conciertos Navidenos (Christmas Concert) tonight, so we decided to go see them. We had passed the theater many times while walking in the past couple months, but never realized what it was. They were playing at the University theater, about 6 blocks from our apartment. The announcement said […]
We’re Still Here…
The Mayan calendar has expired, but we are still here. If only those that thought this would end the world would just go jump off a cliff, our national IQ could would experience a nice jump… We spent the Winter Solstice visiting Saraguro to photograph their solstice celebrations. We paid for a guide to take […]
Dancers in Motion
Last week I tried using hand-held long exposure photography for the first time. Tonight we visited The Jazz Society again at Nektar. On Thursday nights they have dancers in addition to the jazz music, and I was anxious to try this technique on dancers, where their motion can be captured. For a first attempt, I […]
I’ve Got a Monkey On My Back!
This pocket monkey decided to ride the back of my neck for awhile We had heard there was a zoo here in Cuenca, but nobody we talked to had ever been to it, and most didn’t even know it existed. We decided to visit the Amaru Zoo today. It was an interesting experience, and one […]
Tiestro, More Church Schedule Info & Google Maps
Tiestro is our favorite high-end restaurant in Cuenca. They are not open on either Sunday or Monday though, so we decided to extend our anniversary celebrations to having dinner there tonight. Their Loma Fino con Tocina (filet mignon with bacon) is probably the best we have had anywhere in the world. We also had langostino, […]
Everything’s Blurry
1/2 second hand-held experiment of police bike getting ready to lead the running Santas in a 10K race Last week we were invited to the home of Emanuela for dinner and to review her photography. She had commented that she liked my stuff (see www.mindstormphoto.com for mine), but that hers were “at the opposite extreme” […]
40 Years And Still Having Fun
40 years ago today, we drove to Kirkwood Meadows near Lake Tahoe, mounted skis and got married. Kirkwood Meadows was a new ski resort that we had not been to before, so we thought it would be a good place to start our new lives. We didn’t realize ahead of time that Dec 16, 1972 […]
Rooftop Christmas Party
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 […]
Church Festivity Schedule!
We have been trying to find out the schedule of church festivities since we got here in October. Everyone we ask says they don’t know, but “you might try xxx” and each of those has come up empty. We finally had a breakthrough today, and now have the schedule! Regina responded to my GringoTree request […]
