Before leaving Puerto Lopez, we had been treated to a great
North American breakfast by Gerry and Shandra- scrambled eggs with ham, toast,
tomatoes, cheese- yummy! -and of course
made plans to meet them both again in Salinas this time.
After another couple of hours of scenic drive along the coast, we arrived around noon in Salinas .
Our condo
had been rented for the last seven months, first to our friends Brent and Boushra
and then to a tenant found by our Real Estate person, Kimberley.
Everything
was still in place, no major problems only some much need cleaning as both Uwe
and I are major clean freaks- we blame it on our European upbringing!
The rest of
the week was pretty boring- trips to grocery stores to fill up with supplies, a
trip to the mall to get another sim card for Uwe’s new cell phone, and getting
help from Eddie to upgrade our Internet because we did not have sufficient
bandwidth for our streaming, OOVOO and Magicjack phone.
We also
bought some paint and spent a day painting all the railings on one of our balconies.
Yes, I know we can hire help here very cheaply but ‘what else did we have to
do? We’re retired’. The problem with living beside the ocean is that everything
metal rusts, so one balcony done, two to go.
On Sunday we
went to Will’s Score Sports Bar for NFL football- had a nice visit with Will
& Wendy and met another couple of gringos. This will probably be a habit
every Sunday at least during Football season.
One evening
during the week we finally met our friend Connie for dinner. She is very busy
now working at two jobs to support herself- teaching English plus helping other
expats with their Visa applications and the slow road through the bureaucratic
process. Her friend Murray, a fellow Canadian also living in Salinas, joined
us.
The most
depressing thing this time of the year, and hopefully gone soon, is the lack of
sunshine! We experienced the same thing last October while in Salinas. Although
reasonably warm, 20 to 25C, we had only a few hours of sunshine all week. It is
a norm for this time of year so we will suffer in silence till our sun returns.
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