Friday, June 17, 2011

Happy Happy Birthday!

This Birthday was AWESOME!! For all who don't know, I'm 25 now, quarter of a century, menace to society and searching for an accomplice! Here is a play by play from yesterday, or at least the important and interesting parts. The celebration started with a bus ride into Tena, the nearby town. We very quickly made our way to the Waffles and Ice Cream stand and ate Belgian waffles covered in ice cream (mine was chocolate and coconut) and drizzled with chocolate syrup. While we were eating we noticed this weired guy with a broadcast video camera taping us while we were chowing down. I'm pretty sure that he zoomed in just as I was shoving some waffle in my mouth. We still have no idea why he was taping us, he never talked to us, and we only took pictures and gawked back at him. From there, we pretty much just walked around town buying bootleg movies and candy! Note: South America has really good candy and if any of you find something called a Tango at a Hispanic store up there, just buy it, no questions, just do it and never look back. Movies here are something that I didn't really expect to find down here. They must get tons of bootleg files from Russia, because all of the movies I've bought have Russian subtitles. So, without any theaters, and for about the same price as a redbox, I have bought King Fu Panda 2 (before it was in theaters), Thor, X Men First Class, Robin Hood, and Pirates 4 (the ironic thing is that I thought I would be missing out on the new summer movies). So, after wandering and browsing around Tena and just goofing off in general, we went to this really ritzy restaurant where we all got fillet mignon for less than 8 bucks. It was delicious too; mine was nestled in a bed of penne pasta and drenched in Alfredo Sauce and covered in actual cheese!! That has been one thing that I've really missed, because the stuff down here is just not the same, good, just not the same. That about sums it up. Now that I've basically gone crazy for a day, its time to get down to business and get some work done. I hope my birthday was as good to you as it was to me!

1 comment:

  1. Dave!
    Hello from Elder Holt and I at Church Headquarters. We met your dad at Sears a few days ago and discovered in our visiting that we had a connection...YOU! He kindly sent us your blog and we are going to catch up and read it. What an adventure you are having!
    Happy belated birthday...sounds like you had a great day!
    We will looking forward to more of your blogging.
    Stay safe and have a terrific time.
    Sister Holt (and Elder Holt)

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