Xiomara

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10531049.post-1159722570858395792006-10-01T12:03:00.000-05:002006-10-01T15:10:04.153-05:00XiomaraMeet Xiomara our tour guide for the day and soon to be good friend. <A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/640/IMG_5883.0.jpg'><IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/320/IMG_5883.0.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'></A>  Cruising is much like throwing a pebble into a pond and watching the rings expand outward. Instead of water, the rings are ever expanding circles of friendship. It was through our friend Peter, whom we met while cuising in Halifax last summer, that Xiomara became our tour guide for the day. <A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/640/IMG_5873.1.jpg'><IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/320/IMG_5873.1.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'></A>  She practiced her English with us and we our Spanish with her, as she led us thru the Palacio de la Inquisicion. <A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/640/IMG_5879.0.jpg'><IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/320/IMG_5879.0.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'></A>  Xiomara cheerfully answered our many questions about the history of Cartagena and of the time when witches and other heretics were tortured and executed. <A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/640/IMG_5878.1.jpg'><IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6409/818/320/IMG_5878.1.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'></A>  <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> By the end of the tour a new circle formed.Morning Starnoreply@blogger.com