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| the last pose |
As we prepare to pack up the question before us both was - did the great experiment work? That was how does one fill a month in a different place without blowing the budget or going mad and killing th3e marriage? As Doreen puts it "We just do what we would do at home except we are doing it in the sunshine and warmth."
All I can say is that without an internet connection and a ton of books on my e-reader I would be climbing the walls right now. For instance this morning's attitude was, "we have to get out of here." A solid day of rain and a broken internet connection can only be stretched so far. So what happened to us this morning was a wonderful surprise. We got on a green bus marked "Centro". Normally green buses serve the suburbs and don't venture downtown, so we usually use the blue ones. Anyway this green bus was marked Centro but still took us all around the 'burbs and streets that we have never seen before before we got to Centro. Pittilal is a very interesting place that few 'gringos' venture into without purpose, not because it is not safe - it is - but because they have no need to visit.
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| a mountain view fom the seventh floor |
Arriving downtown with little ambition we meandered around, rediscovered the farmers' market and walked up and down a few streets just idling. Stopping at a real estate office we had a conversation with Monty who told us he had plenty of rentals for next year, including four in the newest condo downtown. Walking over to look, it was built on the lot that we parked the car on three years ago, we walked in a went to the seventh floor - it was a magnificent view and worth the effort. This place could be ours next year for only $1800 a month.
As we arrived back at the Plaza Marina to wind down we realised that as it stands now we must do this again next year!
Thanks for reading this travelogue.
Just don't turn out like my parents. Three times a year they'd venture to Watertown NY, book "their" room in "their" Ramada hotel, visit the same stores in the Salmon Arm shopping mall, eat the same meals in the same restaurants, and come home three days later. And every time they'd bring me back a $10 bottle of vodka and remind me how it would cost twice as much at home. Every trip the same, that's how they liked it.
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