Hacienda Uzhupud

On Friday, October 25th, Lance and I were lucky enough to be invited to lunch at Hacienda Uzthupud.  Our helper, Victor, drove us to Roz and Ken's house, and then he took all of us to this beautiful place.  When we arrived, we met up with 2 other couples that are friends of Roz and Ken.

Hacienda Uzhupus is a beautiful estate located about 30 minutes outside of Cuenca.  It is surrounded by mountains, lovely gardens, a heated pool and hot tub, and an organic vegetable garden that supplies the restaurant and cafe.  It also offers horseback riding.

We all took a tour of the grounds, then sat down for a delicious, relaxing meal.  We enjoyed everyones company and are looking forward to the day when we can return and spend the night.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.

 Here I am posing with Roz and Ken.

Here is a nice picture that Ken took of all of us at the table.  Thanks for sending it my way Ken.

On Saturday and Sunday we went to the park and the market.  Here are a few photos from the weekend.  

There were some kind of demonstrations going on at Parque Calderon on Saturday.  The woman above is weaving a hat and the man below is writing names with glue and applying glitter to the glue.

Here is a sample of all the wonderful fruits and vegetables we have to choose from at the market.  When we go to the market we always ask permission before taking a picture.  We usually ask to take the photo after we have purchased something. 

Lance loves all the different juices they offer.  He had a coconut drink and I tried Mora juice.   Yum!

This picture was taken from above.  

On the way home on Saturday, we saw this clown standing in front of a store trying to attract people to a grand opening of a new store or a sale...we are not sure which one it was.  He saw me with my camera and posed.

Just another delightful weekend in Cuenca!