OK. I’ll admit it. In kindergarten my report card said, ‘Plays well with others, especially his imaginary friends.’
Author: doug
Testy llama
Walking the dogs back past our local zoo, I saw only one llama standing, making a roink-roink-roink noise near the shed in which the other lay.
When I approached he bared his teeth and I vaguely remembered something about those critters spitting and kept my distance.
Expectant papa guarding mama inside?
Ya veremos – we’ll see.
Fusca
Why they call VW Beetles ‘fuscas’ in Uruguay remains a mystery to me.
You’ll see plenty of them around. The president of the country drives one.
Soccer starts early in Uruguay
Storm
Shortly before we returned to Uruguay, a powerful storm swept through. Here’s just one of many similar scenes:
On the ground in front you see a concrete power pole that supported the intersection of wires now hanging in the air, all knocked about by the large eucalyptus in the background.
By all accounts, it was a most exciting time 😉
SDQ
Since my early days, I’ve embraced the challenge of leaving a country with the least possible amount of the local currency – unless I plan on returning soon. Not the case in the Dominican Republic. I left a tip for the housekeeper, bought us lunch at Quizno’s in the airport, bought a bottle of water for $2 (80 pesos), leaving me with exactly four pesos (USD .10), which I left on the janitor’s wagon in the men’s room.
Ciao DR!
But one last puzzle…
…what the hell is this, an airplane rookery?
PTY
Because we’re in and out of Panamá twice in three days, we stay closer to the airport, leaving the recently-grown stalagmites of Panama City comfortably distant. And 150 pounds of luggage parked at the airport.
For the first time in a while, we fly cattle class for this two hour flight – ‘free’ with frequent flier miles and a couple hundred ‘Federal‘ ‘Reserve‘ notes. But check it out – everyone has a personal screen, with a selection of movies (12? 16?) available to start, pause, fast forward and replay at will. Really, it hasn’t been that long since ‘we’re showing the movie now’ – ?
Amazing, really.
But is anyone happy?
JFK
Sitting in the Business Class Oasis Lounge at JFK Terminal 4 – great little spread of food and beverages, after dropping our rental car and taking the wonderfully efficient free AirTrain elevated shuttle. Then on to security which was delightfully un-obnoxious. No cancer radiation scanners. One person patted down; the agent explained to her very carefully what she needed to do, and they shared a laugh as it was in progress.
Being a little bit of a plane buff, I was awestruck with the sight of this Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800. Watched another of these double-decker jumbos from Korean Air lumbering down the runway towards rotation (takeoff).
Wow.
Connecticut: comfort
For the wedding, we stay in the house of a friend of my sister. Lush, monogrammed towels, a couple of large-screen TVs, tennis court and swimming pool. Though no expert, I find no difficulty imagining the property selling for $4-5 million.
Open garage full of bikes, tools, kayak. House full of amazing artwork collected from around the world. Security briefing: just walk in, the door is open.
Of course we were welcome to do laundry. The laundry room also houses the guts of the heating system.
With a total of 14 heating zones in the house, safe to say you’ll be comfortable. As long as you can afford heating oil.
So if comfort were all that mattered….
Dear Apple
