It’s usually sometime in the afternoon; and it’s very refreshing to have the humidity let up while it’s raining. We aren’t complaining though… cause it’s way better than snow. Looks like we escaped just at the right time.
We have our own washer/dryer in our condo; and it was an added extra bonus. I've been using a laundry mat for 4 ½ years; and it’s wonderful to have on-site facilities. So that’s what we did on Tuesday, some laundry and some cleaning. And a relaxing day for the rest.
A few weeks back we needed to get some money out; and it was our first introduction to the banking system here. Very small bank; with an armed guard, who opened the door for us. He then asked us to remove our hats. There was only one teller; and he was behind bullet proof glass. We were the only ones in there. Only problem was, they wouldn’t let us take money out of our account, only off the credit card. And they didn’t have a bank machine.
On Wednesday, we needed to get some more cash out; and stopped at the first bank that we came across. This time there was a bank machine; but you can only get US funds or colones. You get more colones for a USD than a Canadian dollar.
So into the bank we went. This time, as the 2 armed guards were pointing at our hats, we were one step ahead, and the hats were already in the process of being removed. Guess a hat obscures your face too much; if you were ever stupid enough to try to rob a bank here!
This time we were also wanded down and I was asked to open my bag. There were lots of people in the bank, but the air conditioning felt sooo good after a long walk; that we decided to wait. The guard directed us to a machine; where we got our number. Then he pointed to chairs; and indicated that we sit. Kind of reminded me of waiting at the passport office, or to renew your drivers license.
It’s a good thing that there were chairs and that it was cool in there, cause it took us 45 minutes to change some US funds to colones. Also, nobody stands in the bank, except if your already at the teller. Like I said, you’d have to be a “few bricks short of a load” to try and rob a bank here.
Mind you, you also have to be very patient. The tellers and slow and even our simple transaction took the better part of 5 minutes.
And today we headed back to the grocery store for a few more things. We decided to buy a blender to make our own smoothies; and don’t you know, the thing broke within the first few minutes. Guess we’ll be back there tomorrow to get another one. We did manage to puree the fruit enough, but something else was missing; and it wasn’t near as good as the place downtown. But we’ve got 5 more months to master making a smoothie. Any suggestions out there in blog land for a fruit smoothie?
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2 comments:
I make them all the time. I use soy milk, low fat yogurt, and any kind of fruit. I use frozen because it's easier, but fresh is fine. I think mine are yummy.
We use low fat milk with any flavoured or plain yogurt, three ice cubes to make it really cold unless we use frozen fruit, always a banana and/or any fruit, and we throw in some flax powder with our whey protein. Ymm!
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