- Roger here.
- Nice evening at home. Just about my last chance to tune in OZ with my traditional Friday Night Rum on the Rocks.
- Got our shots. Spent this evening packing. Did an amazing amount of shopping this week for the trip - Our friend Omar says no, don't bring presents, but his family is going out of their way to offer hospitality, we have to bring something, especially for the chicos.
- We're having a real problem figuring out where we're going. The first week is easy, we've plotted out a serious tour of Mexico City, although it's sure to be interrupted sometime or other by what's gently called "travelers diarrhea." I need to promise Karen that I will not make this trip a three-week boot camp simulation.
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- It's that second week that is in the air. I badly want to go to el Tajin, but Omar and his family want to take us to Oaxaca, south of Mexico City, and maybe even Puerto Escondido. Now, my brother might get a little upset, since that was the area he wanted to take me to as a retirement present last fall. Circumstances intervened and we could not go, but I've kept that in the back of my mind ever since, a road trip with my bro.
- We call this the trip of a lifetime, but I suspect it won't be our only trip to Mexico. Maybe it will be like Jazz Fest, you have to go back again to see what you missed this year.
- We called Omar a few days ago, and first thing he asked was, when do we arrive. We gave him the time, and he told us he will be there to pick us up. We thought it might be better to drop off our stuff at Casa de los Amigos first, but he insists we're going to his house first. Sometimes you just can't argue with him, I just hope he helps us get to the Casa sometime Monday - they're expecting us, we have a room reserved.
- Continuing with the conversation: we told him we wanted to visit Puebla, his home turf -- well, he already knew that, so when Karen asked him to help look up a hotel in Puebla for accommodations, he said, oh no, he had already talked with his brother and we were staying at his house. "No hotel bills, no hotel bills," is the way he put it.
- He wants to take the entire 3 weeks off work to see us around, with his kids. Wow.
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| Instant friends -- Tom and Omar at Bridge Day 2006 |
my advice if you do get "travelers diarrhea" -- go to a pharmacy (farmacia) and ask the pharmacist for medicine -- here's a sentence that will work:
ReplyDelete"Mi esposa (if it's Roger speaking of Karen, or esposo if it's Karen referring to Roger) tiene diarrhea. Necesito algo...por favor..."
Or you can just say "diarrhea?" and look desperate....
They sell good medicine over the counter that you would need a prescription for, in the US. In my day it was Lomotil, but by now who knows...