Our adventure continues. . .

 

 

We decided to visit the Filipino marketplace with Dola, Sis. Engels, Sis. Monahan, and me.

Here we are stuffed in a tricycle.  Dola rode on the other side behind the driver.  Scary!

 

This was our bounty.  Pretty good cache, I'd say!

 

                We went to a really nice restaurant, and a beautiful orchid greeted us as we entered.

The restaurant grounds were like a paradise.

This guy was at least in a cage and not roaming around the tables.

 

We ate in our own nipa hut.  Pretty cool!  Dinner for the two of us was about $22 including tip.  We had blue marlin, roast chicken, chop suey, rice, mango and strawberry shakes, and mushroom soup.

Dola brought me a pummello (grapefruit kind-of) from the tree at their house.  It is as big as a small watermelon or the toaster!  The individual sections are probably 9" long.

This is how we buy milk, cream, and condensed milk--in cartons that stay on the shelf until you're ready to use them.  The milk is 1 liter, which is about 1 quart, and costs just less than a dollar.  Once opened, it needs to be refrigerated.  It is imported from New Zealand.  Filipinos don't drink a lot of milk.  The local grocery store doesn't even carry this--just formula, Ensure and powdered milk.

San Jacinto Branch supporting Annabelle at her baptism.

Sister Annabelle's baptism.