Panama Update #92
November 30, 2008
After 7 straight days, the rain finally stopped. Today it was still cloudy but you could actually see some blue in the sky now and then and I caught a glimpse of the sun. We went out and took a long walk on the Causeway, which I have mentioned previously. It is a 2 kilometer road and sidewalk/bikepath that is human-made and connects 3 islands near the entrance to the canal.
Yesterday we had the house warming at our new apartment. It has been 3 weeks since we moved in so we thought it was time to have the party. We spent a lot of time taking taxis to the supermarkets last week to pick up all the necessary supplies, but I think people really enjoyed it. We invited the people that Nikki works with, the people in the dorm where we used to live, and a few other assorted people we have met over the 5 months we have been here. It was a great turn-out and lasted about 2 hours. Based on the number of cups used, we think there was about 50 people total there. People ate a lot, but there was still a lot of food left. Most of the food was from the large Kosher Supermarket here such as pickles, olives, mushroom and cheese Burekas, halva and other sweets, and homemade hummous by Nikki. Everyone seemed to have a good time and maybe it helped people sort of get through the last day of the 7 day rain streak.
Tomorrow is another Panama Independence Day holiday so I will be off from work again. Last Friday I gave a private tutoring session in one of the homes of the students. It was quite a distance away from where we live and the traffic is very bad through town, so I may not do it again, unless they can supply the driver. It was in a highrise condominium overlooking the ocean in a very nice part of town where most of the students live.
