And Then There Was One...

More than two years of thinking, reading, saving and planning and now we are down to our last full day in Milwaukee.  Since we returned from California we have remained busy tying up loose ends, packing, eliminating, and repacking...celebrating my 60th birthday with friends (thank you Sue)...canceling services...selling our last car to Erin and Toby (hope you enjoy it)...saying our last good byes to friends (thanks for coming to see us one more time Sande and Rob,)....attending the funeral of my dear friend Joanne (she will be missed by her adoring husband, Don, her devoted sister, Sue and all her friends,)...eating way more than we should have at some of our favorite restaurants...shopping for final items...packing, eliminating and repacking (again and again,)...hair cuts....pedicure...shopping for items for new friends in Cuenca (got your Tom products Roz and Ken,)...and...attending the Milwaukee Film Festival (15 days of independent movies!)  What a perfect way to end our stay in Milwaukee.

We have spent countless hours over the past few years attending independent and foreign films at our beloved Oriental Theater.  It is by far one of our favorite activities.  This year, for the film festival we purchased the pass that allows full access to the festival.  With the pass you are also allowed early access to get the best seats.  Going to the movies gave us the chance to relax and not think about the big move for a couple of hours every day.  We saw lots of great movies and stayed for the interesting "talk backs" with film makers, directors, producers and actors that were flown in from all over the world.  Thursday is the final day and we will be there to attend the closing movie (we'll be looking for you Joe.)  We will miss the Oriental and all the great movies, but we are happy to report that Cuenca holds several film festivals during the year and gets all kinds of current movies (both independent and    

wide release) at their theaters.      

Just a few photos of the inside of this great movie theater.   

   

We want to say our final good bye to all her friends and family.  We hope you will continue to follow our adventures in Cuenca, Ecuador.  Friday, Adam will drive us to Chicago.  We will spend the night and the next day we will take the shuttle to O'Hare Airport.  We depart for Ecuador at 9:00 A.M.  We will arrive at 5:30 P.M.  Then, a whole new adventure begins!  

Adios Amigos!