We made our first foray out of the compound yesterday. John needed some groceries. We headed for Doña Luisa for some coffee/tea together with some blackberry pie. How is that for attempting to begin a diet? Having satisfied our desires for intake, we headed down to where we thought the small grocery tienda called Delicioso used to be. But, upon seeking and finally asking, we found that it had ceased to operate. John used to get hard to find articles there so he will feel the lack I am sure. We carried on and headed for the central plaza and on to the Bodegona where John found the majority of items he desired. Then back to the compound to finish unpacking and arranging our separate dwelling places.
I am using the Internet connection of the apartment next door. This apartment will be occupied today so I will have to cease slipping over here to access the WORLD! As I mentioned earlier, Paul's friend Ken will be coming with a router on this coming Tuesday and we should be back in business then.
This morning John and I plan to walk to a small mount on which there is a great view of the city. There is also a cross erected on the overlook. It will consume some calories and about one hour of our busy schedule. Seriously, it is laid back here and our schedule shows many empty slots. I hope to fill some of them with study of Spanish. I have all five modules of Latin American Spanish by Rosetta Stone on my laptop and I have a great headphone with microphone which checks and compares my attempted pronunciation against the professionals and native speakers. I have my level set to the highest degree of accuracy and I manage to pass on most words. I do have a few with which I struggle. Of course, I will never fool those for which Spanish is their first language. But, I try. There is always something more to learn. The problem at my age is that when something new is implanted in my brain, it does not prosper as it did when I was a teen.
I shall report later on what will be filling our day.
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