May 13,

We had put a comforter under Jeff’s side of the bed and he said he slept much better…should have done it sooner. We got up and about, having our Javas and breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast, using a sandwich maker, which is not very good. It does not brown. Really a worthless appliance, as far as I’m concerned. What’s wrong with a regular toaster?

Anyway, we watched some YouTube videos and waited until we were hungry for lunch. Around 1300, we went out. Right as soon as we stepped out of our building, we saw the fruit/veg stand that Jeff had seen before…it was actually last Wednesday. Maybe she is only here every Wednesday. We bought some oranges, an avocado and a couple of pears. I ran our bounty up to our room. Jeff searched for a place to eat, but first we went to a Tigo phone store. Jeff has their SIM card. It needed to be recharged but for whatever reason he could not get it to go through. So we found the store and got a number waiting to get to a representative. Jeff tried again as we were waiting & shazam!! It worked!

We went for lunch – to the Ese Lugar Quinta Nauar Restaurant. It was a bit more upscale, but we were clothed as nicely as many inside. The entry had an awesome piece of art hanging on the wall. It was textured and invited one to touch, but a sign below it read Prohibido Tocar. I assumed this to be – do not touch…too bad, it was calling for it. My fingers were itching.🤣  Anyway, we were sat at a table and were given the menu. The waiter saw us taking pictures to translate and came over with an English menu. The first page described the restaurant as “…flavorful cuisine, like the food we ate at home, the way our grandmother and mothers made…” Yeah! Loving it already! It also read “Ese Lugar (That Place as it translated) is pleased to welcome you…” As I was writing this Jeff remembered that where we ate in the mall was the same name!!! How funny is that!😆😂 

Anyway, we looked over the menu and ordered a starter of Chipa Guazu, which is that creamy, cheesy corn souffle or casserole. We were also given a bread plate with sesame buns and hard crunchy sticks with herbed butter. The Chipa Guazu was as great as the first time we’d it! We each also had a main: Vori Vori Stew, which was a thick golden soup of beef with small dense dumplings made from cornmeal and cheese, called Vori in native Guarani language; and Locro Beef Soup, which was a creamy, thick, Andean squash or potato-based stew of hominy and beef. Both of these traditional meals were great- filling and warming one up! We also shared a bottle of Mendoza Trumpeter Malbec wine. We very much enjoyed our meal, sharing each other’s entrees multiple times. The cost was upscale as well. We paid 410.000 PYG, which was $67.27.

We left and went to the grocery store, for a few items. Then we walked back to our place. The weather is a bit warmer, its currenty 71°. Once back we relaxed and had popcorn as a snack for supper. Bed by 2200.