Indigenous Day present, a new front tooth

 Nothing much to blog about today except I got my new front tooth! 


I ate the 2 eggs at the Airbnb, went for a walk in the neighborhood (mostly okay sidewalks), and then walked to a restaurant I had visited before for lunch. I saw a weird huge video screen showing advertisements and fútbol in a mostly deserted parking lot of a strip mall. Why, I have to ask?


I got to the dentist a half hour early and was told I would be taken to another office 5-10 minutes away. The driver, Raul, was there so no problem. The work went well and I am pleased with the color of my new crown. Dr. Corrales felt the other 2 crowns were too white so they will be put in tomorrow.  Then I had to wait a half hour for Raul to come take me back to the other office where I had asked for my leftovers from lunch to be put in their fridge. I watched Aquaman on their TV and caught up on the career of the actor and hunk, Jason Moana. 

It is weird that I hardly know anyone in Costa Rica but I know someone (sort of) in San José with the same first and last name as the dentist, Eduardo Corrales. The other one arranges the conversation exchange through Couchsurfing that I went to before and will probably go to again this week (he canceled it so I won't be going to that, que lastima).



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 2 of hiking trip

Image
Today we went on a long hike in the ancient woods of Glen Finglas with views of Loch Venacher. We expected rain so all of wore rain pants but the rain didn't come until late afternoon.  We walked for less than an hour in Callandar. I bought hand cream at a pharmacy and tea at a café.  Then we walked to Achray Farm serving homemade ice cream and coffee. There were many goats on this woman's farm but only one let us get close to her. I had lavender & chocolate ice cream. The owner is a retired clinical psychologist! We then went to Doune Castle,  made famous by Outlander and Monty Python,  but we were disappointed to hear they were closed for the day. We walked around the castle and the class clown knocked on the main door and almost fell down when a workman came out.  Group pic without Pauline and almost without me: Me, Gaelle, Stephanie (U.S.), Tess (Australia), Alistair (England), Stefan (Netherlands), Tate (Tess' brother, Australia)
Read more

First impressions

Image
I am here in Edinburgh as of an hour ago but I am exhausted,  having hardly slept in my aisle seat.  First impressions of this busy neighborhood near Sue from 5W: it's windy, cloudy, people are pretty friendly, don't order Mexican food (huevos rancheros at Heathrow was weird, with raw red onion), the Airlink was easy and luggage racks plentiful (versus our light rail that has space for 2 suitcases). There was a plastic container with cherry pits but generally I haven't seen much litter or graffiti after my half hour bus ride! I was worried because I hadn't made proper arrangements with Sue but then she emailed me (and hadn't seen my text nor email a half hour before I got hers!). I was even looking at cheap hotels. My eyes hurt and I'm wearing my glasses.
Read more

Money, money, money!

Image
My head is spinning at how expensive everything is in Scotland (okay, I'm not there yet and buses and museums will probably be very cheap)! A private room in a "youth" hostel is $75/night! A hotel room is costing me $161 to $175! Divided by 2 people is not bad but for a solo traveler, it is very costly indeed.  Maybe I won't be eating out more than once every two or three days! A scone and tea for dinner? But it's not just me experiencing the solo traveler syndrome! "Plunging Dollar Leaves American Travelers with Less Buying Power This Summer" https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/us-dollar-value-spending-power-travel-aeae581a
Read more