Apartment Selected!

We have an apartment! Hurrah! We ended up finding a medium-ish apartment in Realejo just like we hoped. :) We move in tomorrow and can hopefully post some photos of it soon. It is a lovely one bedroom with lots of natural light on the third floor on a quiet street, yet still in the middle of a very urban neighborhood.

Next tasks are to get internet hooked up at our new place and to choose which school we will be studying at.

In the meantime, a few short musings/updates to share with you:

1) We've gone cycling a few times so far (sometimes on longer trips than we intended due to a surprising and sometimes frustrating lack of signs in the city and surrounding area...) and we can confirm that the roads are generally quite nice for riding, and although drivers are generally more aggressive here, they have a lot of respect for cyclists. It is a nice change to feel accepted on a shared road compared to our experience in Canada where drivers often react as if a cyclist is a pest or obstacle who should really not be on the road (see: annoying habit of speeding by angrily the instant there is an opportunity to pass.)

2) Cheap wine is good here. Cheap beer, not so much. (Not that we can claim to like cheap beer in Canada either... but even the beer that is offered with high reviews is not that exciting). At various dinners that we've had with the family here or with their friends the "best" of the beer that we've tried has all been quite uninteresting, while the wine is almost always really good. We've learned that if we are offered an option, it is best to go with the wine.

3)  Siestas are awesome. What? It is acceptable and standard for everyone, including adults, to go take a nap in the middle of the day? There isn't even any point in going out to do anything because everything (EVERYTHING) is closed? Closed because everyone is at home? Napping?

Seriously, awesome is the only word for that.

And with that, as it is almost 10:30pm here, it is time for supper. The napping, you see, pushes the evening schedule back a bit. :)

I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying a beautiful fall season wherever you are!

With love,
Candyce