Ladies Day Out

Every year, the ladies of the church do something special for Christmas. We did it a little early this year because of our trip to Cusco in December. Every year varies. Some years we plan a special meeting so we can invite friends and neighbors. Other years we meet in one of our houses, other years we go out to eat. This year, the ladies all wanted to go out to eat. We were going to have a gift exchange also, but the restaurant where we decided to eat just raised their prices so it became unaffordable to do both.

We had 11 ladies this year, down from other years. But, we still had a great time. We arrived a little early to eat our supper, so we decided to go to the grocery store which also has a small section of toys for kids and household items. The store was only a block away.

After about an hour of looking around, we headed back to the restaurant.


Roky's is one of my favorite chicken restaurants.





The restaurant is in one of the old hacienda houses so it has many different rooms and patios. Loud music in a restaurant is part of their culture. It is hard to find a place that is quiet. Outside in one of the patios, it is very quiet and the fresh breeze is so pleasant. But, a few of the mothers had their small children along and they didn't want to be outside with them. So we moved inside.



We found the quietest area of the inside section, but with tv's blaring, music from other sections and just overall noise of people talking, it became more difficult to carry on conversations.






The food, however, is fantastic. Each lady ordered 1/4 of a chicken, which also came with a serving of french fries and a salad. MOst of us had some leftover to take home to our families.





The ladies enjoyed their meal.