Well, now I'm really
annoyed! It is becoming increasingly hard to remain skeptical when
everything is working properly.
Both ADSL lines are
working (all we did to the first line was reposition the wireless router); the
housekeeper has been coming in on time and doing a good job (at $2.10/hour
inclusive), and we've been able to buy everything we need locally.
On top of that McDonalds
delivers, as do the local mom & pop food shops. They seem to have a
fleet of kids on motorbikes; and delivery usually takes no more than 10-15
minutes.
We even got my big
wheelchair refurbished locally–it needed new rear wheels. ( I can't
imagine why.) It took 1 day and $190 including pickup and delivery. (That
is a good price anywhere.)
I even found an Orthodox
Church in Montevideo–what
am I going to have left to complain about on Sunday mornings.
St Nicolás Greek
Orthodox Church is about 30-45 minutes away on the other side of Montevideo–I
have written their email and hope to organize myself to start attending every
Sunday. That, itself, will be wonderful after more than 2 years of
intermittent church attendance. Slava Bože! (Glory to God!)
Chris even found a
grocery store where you can order online and the deliver it the next day.
Today to chow wagon rolled up and they hauled the food into the kitchen for
us. It was great!
We think we may have even
found the Latin American version of Wal-Mart, a store called Géant, www.geant.com.uy/, which is about 14
blocks away. Chris hasn't been there yet but it seems to have a lot of
everything. I'll report on that soon.
