Last night (our last night in Cuenca) was a good reminder of the large variety of cultural events here, at little or no cost. We stopped in at the Ecuador Jazz Club (suggested donation $5 to pay for instuments for music students who lack resources) for an otherwise delightful musical evening.
The performance was in the second floor of an excellent Italian restaurant, above a street corner in Old Town. I sat next to a gentleman who moved to Cuenca from Canada 10 months ago. He was very pleased with the large number of free, high quality cultural events in town. I asked him what got him to move to Cuenca; his response was telling -- "I'm an economic refugee." I need to expand on this concept, as well as the tragedies caused by our country's foolish immigration and tourism policies, in later posts.
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