…………….had a rough start because I expected to wake up to a coconut Easter Bunny or at least a coconut easter egg, but that never happened and I have not seen a bunny or Easter egg since I’ve been here, but life goes on.    We did decide to go to Church, however, and it was not easy in this country of Catholics to find out what time Mass was.  An Irish guy at the hostel heard me ask on Saturday night if the front desk staff knew what time Mass was and he came over to me later and inquired because he and his girlfriend wanted to go.   I told him no one knew but in the morning I would let him know as they were going to check it out for me.   In the morning he was still loaded drunk and there was no sign of the girlfriend.   I told him we were headed in and he said “f……. Jesus, I can’t go because I’m too drunk but make sure my mother never finds out because this is the first Easter Sunday Mass I’ve missed.   I told him I’d say a prayer for him and he gave me a hug and finally we just decided to go into Santa Marta to the Cathedral and arrived about  a half hour late for mass but nobody seemed upset as people were just coming and going although the Church was full.    This, of course, brought back memories of Father Penny who would have a fit if anyone coughed in his Church, never mind coming in late.    The other thing that stood out was hearing the Mass in a different language as when I was little we heard Mass in Latin and I never had a clue then what they were saying either so hearing it in Spanish was not a big deal.  The other thing that has changed was that nobody was dressed up…..no Easter bonnets, no new dresses, hats or frocks ….. people were just in everyday clothes.     At one point a little boy came in on his scooter and proudly rode it up the center of the Church and no one seemed to notice or to be bothered……..see picture below.    In the afternoon we went out to Taganga just to see this little fishing village, have a bite to eat and Jim had  a swim and we killed a few hours…….picturesque, but not much else.