Shopping Day

Uri and the family picked us up after having a nice breakfast with Abuelita Gina. Dad went to the supermarket and bought us some of that really good "Mariscol" that Sheri and I had at the Ceviche Bar. It was just as good as the first time we had it.

We basically bounced around from mall to mall since they were relatively in the same general area. It was actually a good day to go to the malls because it was extremely hot. We started out at the Apumanque which was the first mall that was built here just over 20 years ago. It was an interesting mall with low ceilings and lots of very tiny shops. We bought a couple of things and then when to lunch at an Isreali eatery which was very good. We had our first taste of Falafal, which we did not know what made of garbanzo beans. Really good!

We dropped off the kids at Uri and Ravit's country club across the street so they could swim. This place was huge and it had everything including the kitchen sink! There was a full size soccer field, a small soccer field, 2 pools, playground, tennis courts, basketball courts, indoor soccer field, weight room, hair salon, and much more. It only costs $1,000/year to join! They also have organized sports through the country club, kind of similar to club soccer in Hawaii (without the drama, I think). The picture of the soccer field on the country club grounds shows the Andes Mountains in the back - what a view!

After leaving the kids there to swim we headed off to another mall which was very much like the malls in the US. This is same mall we went to with Abuelita Gina when we first got here where the food looks just like the pictures on the menu. After spending some time here we picked up the kids and went to a Sports Mall. This was different. Every store had something related to some sort of sport or outdoor activity. No Ann Taylor here :-) There weren't a lot of people here which I thought was surprising until I saw the prices. They had rock climbing, a crazy wave machine that kicked out a full barrel, and a cool thing where you climb into a ball and try and run on the water (it's the same hamster ball that they have at the UH soccer games at half time).