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Day 16 – Simon Parrilla

Sunday 22nd April, 2012 1 Comment

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Tried unsuccessfully to sleep in this morning – kids don’t seem to understand Sundays at all.

Enrique took us out for lunch to a restaurant called the Simon Parrilla – nice name. He convinced Leanne to order something which was described as the belly of the cow (not the inside yucky bits, but the fleshy part). I opted for the baby steak instead. I didn’t realise it would still be bleating though – Colombian restaurants don’t seem to cook the meat any way but rare.

Andres plays with one of the boys at the restaurant
Enrique and his girlfriend
Nicol finally falls alseep
Leanne's cow belly. It was huge.
Part one of my lunch: bean soup, cooked platano, rice, arepa, coleslaw, avacado
Part two of my lunch: "Baby" steak. Rare. Very, very tender and flavoursome though.
Our entertainment
Andres and some of the boys who came to lunch with us
Simon Parrilla

After lunch, our driver took us out to the transportation museum (Museo Aereo Fenix), where we looked at their collection of classic planes and cars, their amazing model train layout, and the large collections of model vehicles in display cabinets.

Andres falls asleep on the way to the transportation museum
Andres enjoying the extensive model train layout - they provide stools for the kids to use - he enjoyed running to the next viewing point with his stool.

It was a tiring day – but topped off nicely with a cake for dessert – another birthday for one of the guests!

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  1. Bill and Jill says

    Thursday 26th April, 2012 at 08:33 AM

    Andres looks so grown up. We love the photo where he is asleep in the vehicle.

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