Settling into a new country...
life is quite different for us now...language is a problem for me but I muddle along and people always want to help if they can...shopping for food is easy as the supermarkets are very nice, but lots of things I dont recognize , shopping at the local market is an adventure in itself LOL The weather is fantastic...everyday is warm with a breeze...the surf is harder now and we are coming into surf season...Took the wees to see the new vet and he spent over 1/2 hr going over their history, meds etc...he wanted Izzy seen by a cardiologist and immediately got on his phone and called her and made Izzy an appt...which is today...when we went to leave I asked at counter how much we owed and he came out and said.. " no charge, we only talked " and with that gave me a kiss on the cheek...two firsts for me at the vets office LOL. The wees were wanting to look over the bottom railing so a neighbour lent me all these long pots, since then I have bought many plants and some large round pots so they are foiled..no getting too close to the rail ! Buying the plants was an interesting experience..went to the nursery..bought the plants...went to another store...bought the pots..took them back to the nursery where they were planted..bought 30 small plants along with 2 20 kilo bags of dirt...the appliance clerk ( who spoke some English ) from next shop came and asked me if I wanted the nursery fellow to come to the condo and plant them LOL..I said no thanks, I can manage that much...the nursery clerk arranged for delivery...told us we didnt need to wait so we left...no bill...no receipt..nothing to say we owned the plants, pots, dirt ...and magically an hour later they were delivered right up to our condo door...such is life in Salinas EC !
