We have done our daily morning walk. Passing us on our way to the mount we saw students going to their schools to begin their days of study. There are locals as well as sojourners in this small city. Many folks come to Antigua to brush up or to learn the Spanish language as spoken in Latin America. Chicken buses passed us by loaded with passengers arriving from points outside of Antigua.
Now we have just returned from the restaurant Doňa Luisa where we had a breakfast special of orange cake with coffee/tea. The charge was USD1.20 which included refills. John told me he enjoyed the taste of the coffee he had at that restaurant so we stopped at the little bakery connected with and located adjacent to Doňa Luisa to purchase half a kilo of coffee from Antigua. Then we walked to the Plaza Mayor where John found a text book for first year Spanish. But before we entered the book shop, we bumped into an old friend and acquaintance from here. Her name is Joy and she finds this area affordable compared to her place of birth: the USA. She has stayed far past her visa and until she tries to exit the country, she will be okay. At that time, if and when it should occur, she will be fined a certain amount per month which will be levied against her. Knowing Joy, we expect she will live out her life here. She has established a fair network of friends and volunteers in an English library here so meets many new folks. On to a pharmacy where John asked for a pill splitter. He was told that they did not carry any but told us where we could purchase one. Only half a block away and we found both the splitter as well as a pill organizer both of which John had neglected to take along from Arizona.
The sun is beaming brightly, the birds are chirping and life is extremely good here. What more can one ask?
We walked back to the compound and decided to wander out and about this afternoon at 4. We have found that when we eat a light breakfast followed by another meal mid-afternoon, we both feel better.
Now we have just returned from the restaurant Doňa Luisa where we had a breakfast special of orange cake with coffee/tea. The charge was USD1.20 which included refills. John told me he enjoyed the taste of the coffee he had at that restaurant so we stopped at the little bakery connected with and located adjacent to Doňa Luisa to purchase half a kilo of coffee from Antigua. Then we walked to the Plaza Mayor where John found a text book for first year Spanish. But before we entered the book shop, we bumped into an old friend and acquaintance from here. Her name is Joy and she finds this area affordable compared to her place of birth: the USA. She has stayed far past her visa and until she tries to exit the country, she will be okay. At that time, if and when it should occur, she will be fined a certain amount per month which will be levied against her. Knowing Joy, we expect she will live out her life here. She has established a fair network of friends and volunteers in an English library here so meets many new folks. On to a pharmacy where John asked for a pill splitter. He was told that they did not carry any but told us where we could purchase one. Only half a block away and we found both the splitter as well as a pill organizer both of which John had neglected to take along from Arizona.
The sun is beaming brightly, the birds are chirping and life is extremely good here. What more can one ask?
We walked back to the compound and decided to wander out and about this afternoon at 4. We have found that when we eat a light breakfast followed by another meal mid-afternoon, we both feel better.
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