A sad day for the family, my Uncle who was a confirmed Bachelor, my Father\’s younger Brother was found dead at his home by the Police this morning, he was 86 years of age, and according to my Brother who spoke with him this week, he still totally with it. At the moment, we don\’tContinue reading “The End of an Era!”
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Long May It Continue
This has to be too good to be true… Yesterday the renters arrived in the Finca de Recreo alongside us, and it was obviously going to be one hell of a bash, they put up screening at the back so we couldn\’t see, well it certainly wasn\’t to block out the noise! Then the partyContinue reading “Long May It Continue”
Oh Dear!
Well that\’s another week-end we are glad to see the back of! No help whatsoever from the Alcaldía de Copacabana, or the Policía Nacional to control the noise from the Finca de Recreo. The Alcalde / Mayor moved the Fiestas de Naranja from the end of the year to July yet again to avoid theContinue reading “Oh Dear!”
Noisy Week-End
We are both knackered this morning, there are people in the Finca de Recreo alongside us, and our walls were rattling all night! Marcela spoke with the Police at 11.30pm, asking if they would visit at some time when in the area, she also sent a message to the Secretaría de Gobierno de Copacabana, butContinue reading “Noisy Week-End”
Had Better Days
We have a problem yet again with the Finca de Recreo behind us, the one the Policía \’couldn\’t find\’ last time we rang them, it is yet another National Fiesta tomorrow, and these people came yesterday, and the music hasn\’t stopped for twenty six hours, we have another night to go, so no sleep makesContinue reading “Had Better Days”
Trouble at The Finca de Recreo
Late yesterday afternoon, Marcela went up and talked with the Mayordomo at Villa Connie, he understood the problem, but said there was little he could do, as he had no intention of taking on forty plus drunks, the problem lies with those who rent out the finca, for not imposing any conditions on those rentingContinue reading “Trouble at The Finca de Recreo”
Continuing Problems!
Sunday night wasn\’t much better, the music varied in volume throughout the night, but Monday being a Bank Holiday, didn\’t bring a lot of change, Marcela spoke with a Patrol on duty at the Station, over the phone, he said a patrol had been the previous evening, but stated the volume was not that high,Continue reading “Continuing Problems!”
What a Day!
What a day indeed! The music from the Finca de Recreo started about 1pm yesterday, and continued, at the start it was at a reasonable level, but as more people arrived to join the party, the louder it got.I started recording evidence before midnight, and then at midnight we had fireworks, then again at 2amContinue reading “What a Day!”
A Serious Case of Man Flu!
The last twenty four hours haven\’t been that brilliant, yet another Colombian National Fiesta week-end, there are people at the Finca de Recreo nearest to us. I wouldn\’t mind, but they had the music volume at a considerate level all evening, then when I was ready for bed, they boosted the volume, and it stayedContinue reading “A Serious Case of Man Flu!”
Another Disturbed Night
Last night we had more problems from the Finca de Recreo, Villa Connie, the music continued for most of the night, at 3.15am a call was made to the Police, they certainly didn\’t attend, but whether they have a phone number, I don\’t know, about an hour and a half later the music stopped, justContinue reading “Another Disturbed Night”
An Englishman in Colombia 