Thursday, December 16, 2010

Kite shop

This fellow with bald head is Brother Cobra.  He is a member of the Chruch and makes his living with a a large 15 passenger Mercedes van.  He took a group of senior coples on a 4 day trip to Rio and few weeks ago and made friends with the Dilles (seated next to him).  Sister Dille mentioned to him that had seen children on the beach flying kite and she was interested in buying some kites for her grandchildren. He said he knew a man in the neighborhood where he grew up that had a kite shop in Osasco. He said he would take her there some time. He did and Jerry and I were invited to accompany them.

He would not let us pay for the gas nor for his service, but was willing to let us treat him to lunch.  He recommended this little restarant which was great. It was clean, the food was good, the price was reasonable, and the service excellent.

This is the kite shop. There were hunderds, if not thousands of kites.  The Dilles must have puchased dozens of them.

After showing them many different designs and models, they made their selections. 

He autographed some of the kites and was happy to pose for these pictures.

This is the kind of place we would never have been able to find on our own. The Dilles were pleased with their selections and settled up with him as we left.  This little outing took the whole day and we enjoyed going with them.

1 comment:

David and Kris Taylor said...

A fun outing! Which kite did you choose?

D.