Day 62 Sunday 25th November: BOYZ ON TOUR RETURN, NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED!

Frankie writes (with very welcome assistance from Craig):

The day started with Frankie doing a simultaneous translation of instructions from John to Vanessa, the lovely lady who maintains the Finca Ambrosia house. Unfortunately Frankie had not yet had a coffee so his mental skills were a wee bit off and his execution of the task in hand was to speak in Spanish to John and in English to Vanessa, with very blank looks in return from each.

Funny for all who witnessed it but not very effective. End of Frankie’s simultaneous translator career!

Next task we thought would be to enjoy the Abu Dhabi F1 race on the tele but unfortunately Fox Sports had a different idea. Although they had shown Qualifying on Saturday, the actual race was on a premium channel that is not on the Ambrosia package. Panic, but Chris had a back up plan; watch it on the internet. No joy there either, download velocity was too slow. Disaster. But not to worry, John was on the phone to his daughter Lauren in London and she provided an excellent real time commentary, at least of the crash on the first lap. Still, we couldn’t do the whole race this way.

So we activated our alternative activity plan, a visit to the local monastery. I know it doesn’t sound like a Boyz on Tour Activity, but we are catholic in our tastes and embrace cultural diversity. To our surprise, arriving at the monastery in the middle of nowhere (aka a spiritual and tranquil location), we find a number of others have also had the same idea. Ahah, there must be some “event” taking place, namely 11 a.m. mass, as it turns out. The highlight that we were able to witness was the high speed arrival, in a cloud of dust and spraying rocks from his Toyota pickup, the priest a touch late at a couple of minutes after 11.00!

Off we then went to the local village of Tupungato, but with a detour via the local military base where their allegiance re some islands in the Atlantic was clearly communicated to us:

The village itself was simple but with a few interesting automotive examples:

Even although we were now back to normal as a Boyz Tour, John made an attempt to do some chopping and buy a Gaucho sombrero. Much to our surprise his head was too big for all the examples available.

Lunch was a special occasion event to celebrate our last day at Finca Ambrosia in the lovely, local restaurant Tupungato DiVino. And here we were able to make the link with our Monastery visit and wine with lunch; the Vatican it turns out has the highest per capita consumption of wine in the world!

The food was also delightful and in a wonderful setting.

A great way to sign off from Finca Ambrosia and to prepare us for a longish drive tomorrow, 350 miles to Buta Ranquil. Below Chris can be seen refining his preparations.