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Making Friends
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” -Tim Cahill Weekend Excursions Where has the time gone. I’ve been in Boquete for the better part of three weeks now. My first week went slowly. The school didn’t have many other students below the age of 75 so I had a lot of alone time with a bottle of wine and the streets of Boquete to keep me company. I did get a lot of exploring done early on. But I have to admit, I was also getting a little lonely and ready to meet new people. My primary human interaction over the first week was 5 hours a…
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Practica! Practica!
I’d hoped the language might come on its own, the way it comes to babies, but people don’t talk to foreigners the way they talk to babies. They don’t hypnotize you with bright objects and repeat the same words over and over, handing out little treats when you finally say “potty” or “wawa.” – David Sedaris Learning Español It’s time to get down to business and into my Spanish classes. A one-on-one conversational lesson in the morning, followed by four hours of grammar and vocab work in the afternoon. For those of you that don’t like to add, that’s five hours of Spanish classes. Per day. Five days a week. …
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Leaving and Arriving
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag First Stop – FLORIDA After departing DC, I began my travels at the popular destination chosen by many a well-traveled blogger – Cape Coral, Florida. It’s the sunny locale where my parents live as well as a whole bunch of other retired white people. It’s also not a bad place to visit or start to a big trip. The WiFi is fast, the weather is always sunny, and no one ever goes hungry or in need of wine. The Marmos are also pretty good at being incredibly patient and putting up with my stressed out shit for a…
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I’m Blogging!!
Hey friends! So a lot of people (AT LEAST 3) have asked me lately – where’s your blog? Well it turns out that writing a blog and making visually interesting website to show it on is actually a crap ton work. Not only do I need to write a bunch of stuff, but I had to figure out technology do-thingys and that takes a while. Especially when I don’t have great WiFi all the time, no idea of what I’m doing, and a current life attitude of ‘I’ll get to it when I get to it’. I’m not in a hurry for anyone these days. But finally, here it is…
