It's Thursday evening, about 10 pm our time and Greg and I just returned to our room from one of the most enjoyable evenings we have had since our kids were home.  (After all, nothing is neater than having all our kids around laughing and sharing stories and concerns, just loving each other!)

We went down to dinner and Paulo (the waiter) told us that John and Carol were coming for dinner and we would share a table.  John and Carol are the owners of this fabulous spa.  They are intelligent, fun, realistic people that have found a place on earth that they love and thrive.  We discussed everything from websites to religion and politics (US politics), family and friends.  What a joy to have intellectual conversations about issues that are relevant and interesting.  We hope they know how much we enjoyed it. 

I am going riding (horses) with Carol on Saturday.  I can't think of anything I would rather do!  My family knows how much I love to ride and how very much I miss it!

We also met Pancho, another artist from the area that works with the taqua nut vegetable ivory.  I purchased 10 pieces from him that I will be adding to my website on the nut.  He does sculpture that truly is ivory, it's stunningly beautiful!  The feel, the appearance and the patina are ivory, no doubt about it.  I LOVE this stuff and am sure you will too!

We had met another guest who left last night.  Eric is backpacking through South America, has been to Columbia, Ecuador and now on to Peru, he will end his travels in Bolivia with a trip to the South Pole from there.  What an adventurer, traveling by himself and having a ball!  Not something that we would want to do, but certainly fun to listen to his adventures.  We wish him a grand and safe trip.