It is a 40 minute, hot, dusty walk to Padul from Alex's house. I knew this, but decided it would be nice to get some groceries today. I have no idea where the supermarket is but Padul is a small enough town, right? Besides, I can ask for directions in Spanish - although I can rarely understand the directions that are then given. Once I got into town there were very few people to ask. One man said there were two supermarkets one this way and one that way. I guess I chose the wrong way. Even if I had found it though, it would've been closed anyway. I'm still not used to this whole close-everything-down-at-two idea. Guess what time I showed up into town? Yeeeaaahhh. I did, however, manage to find a small mini-mart place where I bought a baguette - and a Fanta naranja to defeat the heat. By this time, the streets were totally deserted. I felt like such a gringo, sipping my Fanta, defeated. Then, a white feather floated by and the Forest Gump theme played in my head. This tune was enough encouragement to leave the precious shade. With only a baguette to show for my efforts, I headed home. In retrospect, I should've gotten more bread, but there's always tomorrow. Not exactly excited about making the trek again, but at least I know when not to go and thank goodness I have a pool to come home to. Oh, glorious pool. And music. Music is a huge help to manage the emotions that magnify while travelling. Feeling homesick? I stream Classical KING.FM live online. Anticipating Colombia? I listen to Don Omar and Wisin Y Yandel. Lonely? Paula Fuga, Blind Pilot and Lykke Li. The list goes on. It's either music or write; I'm doing both right now.
It enhances my trip when I can share it with you here in this blog. It keeps me mindful throughout the day. And for those of you on Facebook, I love your notes. Keep 'em coming, and I'll do the same.
In other news, Alex's chickens laid four huevos today. Omelettes tonight?
Oh! And it's my birthday in a month! Fun!
Open poll: What's worse? A dorky sunglass sunburn or squinty, wrinkly eyes from the sun? This is my dilemma.
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