Today was long.We ate leftovers most of the day and didn't get much accomplished. Glen and I took one of the motorcycles (the good one) into a Belgian motorcycle mechanic living here for its first rental tune up. The bikes were supposed to be inspected before getting rented... well, you know, this is the Dominican - things don't always happen in order. At least they are getting looked at sooner instead of later.
After the bike mishap the other day we are all in a bit of a downer, so it seemed a good idea to look into going out for supper. We chose PhotoBar in El Cortecito. Great place with perfect atmosphere. There was live music for half of our stay there - the most interesting thing was that one of the musicians played "a wooden box". Simply just a crate with a microphone inside - complete with tatoos and dreadlocks. By beating systematically on the flat surface of the box, he could create nearly any sound he wanted. Who needs drums!
The food was excellent! We walked home in the dark along the beach. A little windier than it has been, but still a nice stroll in the sand.
Once we were back to the apartamento, the kids were still looking for a bit of a 'pick-me-up'. The most obvious solution - phone calls home, of course. We did suggest some grandparents and maybe an aunt or an uncle - instead we spent our $7.00 (~200 pesos)of cellular time calling Derek and Grace. :)
We have looked into things a little further and it will work out that while it costs us quite a bit to call Canada, now Canadians (yes, even Trymer, lol) can call us at a very reduced rate - reduced for us that is :o)...
The cell we have is 809.906.7412. remember that we are 3 hours later, so we go to bed around 10:00 here.
The Internet here is not as reliable or consistent as we had thought and so we plan now to make a call or two every weeks to keep in touch.
That's all for now, Brad.
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