Catching Up---

There have several topics that I’ve been thinking about, but I just haven’t gotten to and since I still have some download time, I’ll deal with them.

Differences in times in Spain---I’ve already mentioned Siesta which seems to be from 2-4 in the afternoon. Many businesses are closed during that time.
Because of siesta, lunch is usually eaten between 2 and 3 pm with supper beginning at 9. Spaniards eat late because of the heat in the summer—they want the air to have time to cool down before gathering as a family. No clue when children here go to bed, because when my daughter was little 9 was her bed time. Frequently our tour guide aske for us to have supper at 8—which is still late for me, but is at least a happy medium.

I am having iPhone withdrawl—When we were contemplating this vacation, we checked at the AT&T store in Bwd and my guess is that those folks didn’t have a clue. Their suggestion was to leave the phone at home because of the expected exorbitant cost for using international towers. So, I took it with me, to use til the plane left the ground, have it turned off and packed away somewhere safe and plan to take it on the flight home, to be turned on when we reach NYC. This would be a good plan if we had received accurate advice. We are traveling with a friend who has been using her phone the whole time for data retrieval. She told us that she phoned the AT &T offices and they offered her a one month rate for international use for $24.95. Oh, Well, live and learn.

Gypsies---We were warned about a scam that Gypsies work on tourists in Cordoba. A woman carrying a baby begs for money—pleads, I should say. She says “para la bebe”. The scam comes in when you take out your wallet, or reach in your pants for a coin. There are “spotters” who watch to see where you keep your money, then they bump up against you and take what you have. I did get a picture of the begger lady.


Doesn’t this sound like what was happening in El Paso in the 70’s?

N and I are both wearing our Skechers shoes and are loving them. Our feet stay drier than they really should considering the weather and I feel that I can walk all day in mine and never have sore feet. N was dreading all the walking because of his heel problems, but he hasn’t had any pain at all from walking.