Away From Home...
The
Beebes
Bon dia
dushiis.
It feels
like Curacao -- 90s and humid the last few days and the
pool is like the bathtub --- well at least the pool has
the basketball hoop Anna got for her birthday.
Party ends
on Monday as school starts across the country and
everyone returns to the city. No more just walking into
a good restaurant for dinner, or remise/cabs lined up
waiting for fares.
Anna's
birthday was yesterday and was celebrated at her
favorite American-style feed stop -- Kansas. But the big
event was Friday night with 10 of her friends on a
sleepover, well maybe just an over. It sounded
like an F-15 on take-off for most of the night. We set
up the projector and DVD player outside for that
drive-in movie feel. Hard to believe nanny is 13.
Not sure
summer is winding down, although we had some wonderful
sunny days in the 70s, and the parrots are all traveling
in big noisy bunches now. The sunrises over the river
have been beautiful and we get to see them since La
Presidenta decreed an additional setback of one hour
when we were up in the states.
Ann Frodel
was wondering why her flight was an hour longer than
when she first booked it. Anna and Ed Frodel are down
here, but after the first day or two here at Casa Beebe
they took a piso downtown near their Spanish and tango
schools. Met them at a milonga--tango bar last Saturday,
and they are hanging in there. Their third week is up on
Saturday, and they will spend several weeks flying about
Argentina hitting the glaciers, Iguassu falls. wine
country etc. They are really nice people and as a result
they have nice interactions with the folks down here.
Ed and I
have the same issue--we start off knowing the first few
words and then answer "si" to everything else. Sometimes
we get more than we bargain for, but unless you are
really a piss-ant most people give us the benefit of the
doubt.
Dinner time
-- oh, our maid Ozete is off for the next week so keep
us in your prayers. It is so hard to do what used to be
the old drill of cleaning, cooking etc. I think I have
enough Spiderman underoos to get by until she is back.
All our
love.
Keith
