2 weeks now...really?

I'm back....(a la Jack Nicholson)
I always pick up workers if I see them walking...Que quieres que te lleve(do you want a ride?)
Some of them have miles to get home. I know walking everywhere is a way of life but you have to be nice.

While fixing the hot water, I aquired a broken toe,...maybe, but surely,it inflamed the gout.
So I go to a walk in clinic in Boquete . I see a Dr Chen in less than 5 minutes. His English is excellent and he is very familiar with gout and the uric acid build up and he write me a prescription. The walk in was $10 and the Rx cost me $8. The pharmacy was 4 doors away. It can't get easier than this.

 Dan and Mary Anne come here on Sat.for a Panamanian Danish dinner and Norwegian schnapps.Norwegian schnapps is very good. Even without the pickled herring,we had sardines in tomato sauce instead. Followed by garlic shrimp,meat balls sans the ground pork(you can't find that here) but I will try to ask them to grind pork chops. Of course we had the ubiquitous cheese plate and dessert.  It was a blast.
We have found out we can buy the pickled herring(which I found out, is on my don't eat list) in town.We just went to the wrong store.
I went golfing on Sunday and that was a BIG mistake. My gout flared up in a catastrophic way and I can't walk on Monday. Duh!!!!I am on the couch for two days.

This is where I read and study.

Aprille  is on golf car with MA and now appreciates why I love the course.

Mid Dec. is now the dry season and night sky is fantastic. There is no ambient light. We can see for miles, it is that clear.

Duolingo and ispeak Spanish (both are apple down loads)are working wonders for our conversational Spanish.I am reading a child's series Guillermo Gusano(William the worm) and that combined with the other aids is making this a work in progress. It's fun.

 Aprille went to David with Dan and Mary Anne today. I stayed home to rest my foot.

We are now well acquainted with the pueblo de Boquete and we now wander further afield.

 

 In order of appearance,
We enjoy a pizza, no booze at all,no really,just water and light Coke(you can't say diet because they don't understand that) at Restaurante Argentino  a super pizza $22 including tip. We still have three pieces for a great lunch,or snack,...WHAT EVER(say this with a valley girl accent)
This is a valley shot from the far end of town.
The third is a  bus stop near Bajo Mono,no money up there,it is deep in the mountains about 3,900 feet or 1,300 metres. We will explore further but that was enough for Aprille for one day.
And that is Aprille near a coffee plantation. We have many local fields but the major ones are Ruiz,Jansen and Balboa. They all get their beans from different fields and blend them to their specifications.We will get there too,but that's for another day.

Both of our phones are now"unlocked" and we can use them anywhere in the world.All we need is a SIM card for the new carrier. Lo hice.(I did it).
Yesterday,and I should have taken a picture,the gardener used a  Stihl "whipper snipper" to cut the entire lawn,front and back instead of using a lawn mower.Maybe they don't have that either.

The dollar store must just love us.Too much to mention it all. I will mention one thing though.

Yesterday,we bought a glue gun(they did not have the glue sticks). So we went to the local hardware store. They had the right size, and, two one ft sticks cost 20 cents.I thought it was 20 cents each and I was looking for more change when the clerk walked away with the quarter. It was only then that I realized,it was 20 cents for both. Keep the change.