The Weekend (July 27-29)

This weekend had its highs and lows but overall it was a good weekend. It began right after work as Yolanda and I went to the closing reception for the art exhibit that's been on display for the past month. (Frame of reference: the exhibit is in the same place as my weekly jazz night and I met the artist and went out to dinner w/ her and her husband last week) The reception actually was like an open mic jam session. The topic was "Love: What is it" and so each person, or those who wanted to, gave their definition of love and shared a story or anecdote or nugget of wisdom. Afterwards, Yolanda and I went out to dinner with the other student I met last week at jazz (UNC-Chapel Hill). The food was tasty even though I paid $7.00 for a cup of soup. Needless to say, I was expecting a large bowl for the price and was unpleasantly surprised at what they brought out to me.
Saturday we went to Portobelo for what we hoped to be a day of fun. The day was supposed to begin with zip lining. However upon our arrival there was no one at the location. We sat and waited for a few minutes, honking our horn, calling out...but still no one came. HUGELY disappointed we left and went in search of Portobelo. Portobelo is on the Atlantic Coast and is a sleepy town now, but used to be a major commercial shipping port. Its history stretches back to the 1700s and was attacked multiple times, including by Sir Francis Drake, before it became a forgotten port with the advent of the Panama Canal. For more information about the city and its rich history, visit: http://panamaliving.com/portobello.html. While in Portobelo we did visit the Cristo Negro or Black Christ. It's a statue of Jesus made out of dark wood so it's referred to as the Black Christ. It was interesting to see. Continuing on we went to Isla Grande. Isla Grande is an island in the middle of the ocean that took about 10 minutes to reach by boat. There we had lunch (fresh fish!) and walked along the beautiful white sand beach. On our return trip, we stopped in Portobelo to view more of the ruins. One was a fort that still had the cannons lined up ready to shoot. You'll see in the pictures. The trip ended on a sour note as the taxi driver tried to get more money out of us than we'd expected to pay. I ended up paying him $15 more and Yolanda paid $25 more. Story too long to detail here. We relaxed the rest of the evening (got home around 6p) and just chilled. We were supposed to go out but I was tired and didn't really want to.
Sunday we were supposed to go to a water park but the lady with whom we were going to go overslept and by the time she awoke it was too late to get out there and have a good day's worth of fun. Instead...Yolanda and I went to the Intercontinental for brunch. Food was appetizing but overpriced but it's the Intercontinental so what do you expect. After brunch we went shopping for a little bit then came back home. It was too beautiful of a day and I wanted to get in the water so I went to our building's pool and swam for about 2 hours. Then I laid out in the sun to "work on my tan" and take a nap. I met 3 children who also live in my building and had fun talking to them. I came back in the house around 6p kinda disappointed it wasn't later in the day and worked on my fraternity's website. If you'd like to view it, the site is www.akpsi-omegaxi.com. I made one of my favorite meals for dinner: tuna fish!!!

That was my weekend :-S