The results

Turns out I'm pretty good at estimating. The walk from my apartment to the Ciudad Colon football field takes about a half hour.

I actually had some company on the walk down. Just about a half hour after I put up that last post my next-door neighbor (the Canadian with the bus schedule) called and asked if I wanted her to show me around. I said I was about to go take a walk down the hill, and she said she'd come with. And then she also invited the neighbor on the other side of me. Turns out on the other side is a couple about my age from Oregon with a 3-year-old son. They're on an "extended vacation" and have been here for about three months so far and plan to stay another three or so.

So, Jasmine (the Canadian), Victoria, and I took the 3-year-old for a stroll down the hill. They showed me their favorite bakery, the post office, the gym they go to, and all the bus stops. Then when they headed back I went to the supermarket and took a cab home. I was really excited because I found these ready-made pizza things, and then I came home and realized I didn't have an oven. sigh.

Oh, and I found a cockroach in my apartment. I was folding up my wet umbrella, and it fell out of the umbrella onto me, and then fell onto the floor. I chased it around for a while before I could smoosh it. ugh. i hate big bugs. So then I bought a ton of roach traps and set them all over. Here's hoping that was a one-time sighting.