Big day for us today - Ruby turned 11! She's been looking forward to it for a long time, as she does every year. Today did not disappoint. Special birthday breakfast with cards and gifts from us, then a special cake and song during the mid-morning break at school. Then an afternoon in Baños, the nearby spa town for some soaking in the sun and the thermal pools. Dinner was at a better-than-I-expected Italian restaurant in the Centro, where Ruby had her favorite artery-clogging type of food - cheese, pasta and cheese, with some cream, oil and more cheese. We wrapped it up at the ice cream place in the Parque Calderon at the center of the city with banana splits.
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| Birthday Breakfast |
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| At School |
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| Baños |
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| Massive Banana Splits |
Not a bad way to turn 11. And the party's just getting started. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, which is a huge day here in Cuenca. The whole city participates in El Pase del Niño, a day-long parade in which people dress up in all sorts of costumes and carry food and drink around, and some other stuff, about which I'll know more tomorrow.
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