April 14/07 my sister Paulette a.k.a. Polly, arrives for a one week visit. With her, are her friends, Terry, Donna, and Pat and Jan Wren. They are staying at the Villas Kalimbas in downtown Samara for one week, departing on April 21. Here's a picture of the night they arrived.The fun begins Saturday night when we arrange to meet them at Kalimbas upon their arrival. Much to our dismay, Roberto, owner of Kalimbas, calls us to say that the cab driver has reported that they were not on the plane??? Now what? Not knowing if they had missed their connection or perhaps a storm delayed the flight; we decided to go home and wait. We just arrive home and the phone rings. Polly says, " where are you guys? We're here and the party has started." We get back in the car and drive back to Samara. When we arrive, Roberto tells me that my sister must be a very important guest because he sent two taxis to the airport to greet them! No wonder the cab driver couldn't find them, they were already gone with the first guy. And so it goes as this sets the tone for the rest of the week.
On Sunday, I pick the gang up and give them an orientation tour of Samara and then we have lunch at Villas Playa Samara. After lunch we visited with Mary Ange and Edward as my sister knows them from a previous visit to Samara. Here are some pics of the gang at Villas and with Mary Ange and Edward.
Next, we travelled up the hill to show them our new home and the home of Sherry and Larry Gerlach. Some friends of ours from San Jose, Magic, his wife Anna and their daughter Danielle were also visiting and contributed to the dinner by cooking some fabulous chicken and beef kabobs. New friends, Sein and wife Jenny, also joined us for dinner.
Some of the gang went swimming and are shown here demonstrating their synchronized swimming skills.
Magic demonstrates his kabob cooking with his "made in 5 minutes" charcoal grill out on our front street!
Day 1 comes to a conclusion with Johnny chauffering the gang back down the hill to Samara.
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