Monday, 14 January 2013

Shopping and Sunday lunch

Sunday was spent as if at home, some shopping and Sunday lunch.  The only difference being it was 28 degrees C.  Despite HJs general dislike of shopping, she managed to make a couple of purchases in the very first shop: a light day pack $5 and a pair of leather cream and tan loafers for the bargain price of $16. On the walk back from the plaza we spotted a rather nice french restaurant Petit Paris and so decided to have a rather nice lunch as options for eating out near the hotel in the evening are limited.  We even splashed out on a bottle of cava as it was much cheaper than SB. 

Although the official currency is the Balboa, it is tied to the US dollar and this is what they use for notes.  Coins are stamped in Balboas and they use both these and US currency.  Although in her change HJ got coins from Mexico and Ecuador.

We have just had breakfast and are now waiting to be picked up for our week at Spanish School.

4 comments:

  1. 28 grados? Ha estado nevando y en la actualidad un grado aquí. Celoso? Yo? Nunca!
    Disfrute españoles Escuela x

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    1. Buenos dias Vix,
      Que tiempo mas fec hace! Tu tiernes termal la ropa interior?
      Disfrute el frio!
      Ramos

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    2. Parece que usted está teniendo un tiempo fantástico y que es un poco más caliente que aquí! Tis bastante frío aquí - térmicas y pala para la nieve en la lista!

      PS I love google translate!!

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    3. Fantastic indeed! My list has mucho sol crema, a bucket & spade rather than a shovel and in addition a brolly as it's the cloud forest next.
      Adios for now.

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