Our time in Cartagena has been slow moving, pretty uneventful, and relaxing. I think we are getting a little restless...we have been moving for a while now, to be slowing down is taking a little time to adapt. But it is nice. Once we get to Taganga, are near the water and can swim every day and all that, I think we will be able to settle in.
Today was so hot, and my burns had the sun scared sting in them, that I hardly wanted to leave the comfort of the fan all day. But it gets a little claustrophobic in our small room, so we ventured out a few times. Cold showers are a godsend, when the water is on, which is every other day it seems. I truly love the evening times, and when the sun starts to fall on the horizen the city gets so pleasant. We have started going to the water to watch the sunset every night, yesterday with a bottle of cane liquor and some cold limonata, the limeade sold from huge vats of juice and ice from the street cart. So good, and the ocean breeze blowing through is intoxicating. We also tried a warm fresh arepa (sp?) with a smear of fresh goat cheese and butter. It had the potential to be so good, but the butter put it way over the top. We have gotten the store bought ones with our set lunches so many times though that are so bad, just to have one that was made fresh was pretty good.
We have started eating one meal a day in the afternoon, the rest of the time all that seems necessary is fresh fruit, water, and cold beer. I always forget how the heat messes with your hunger patterns, and you eat so much less and so much lighter.
I don't have much to report, we have been reading a lot, and walking through the city, which is beautiful and hard to get tired of.