Ce lundi est férié (encore !). C’est pour fêter les 200 ans du drapeau.
Nous partons en vélo cette fois en sortant un peu de la ville vers le nord-ouest. Nous passons sous la circonvalación et d’un coup c’est différent. Les rues sont moins bien entretenues, c’est plus sec et poussiéreux, cela fait plus pauvre. C’est encore la ville mais aussi un mélange de ville et campagne. Entre des maisons on peut voir un champ de vignes par exemple. Et à une station service, non seulement les voitures font la queue mais aussi les motos. Mais en fait Gerardo nous a dit qu’une grande proportion des voitures utilise du gaz liquide, par exemple tous les taxis. On fait un espèce de grand carré : d’abord vers l’ouest, puis vers le nord puis vers l’est et on rentre en ville. On retrouve le centre et ses arbres avec plaisir. On prend un jus d’orange à une camionnette qui a toujours beaucoup de clients. Un verre coute 1,5 peso (2 kr ou 25 centimes d’€). C’est surement du jus avec un peu d’eau et de sucre mais c’est bon et frais.
Il y a du monde en ville. La rentrée des classes est demain.
On boit ensuite un (bon) café à un petit café qui s’appelle « Los Tres Reyes » (Les Trois Rois). C’est petit mais ils ont de nombreuses tables dehors dans la rue piétonne. On demande un café chacun et on nous sert : un petit verre de jus d’orange, un grand verre d’eau, le café et des petits gâteaux.
On se balade dans les galeries marchandes. Des boutiques sont ouvertes, d’autres sont fermées. On revoit une boutique de perles où il y a un choix incroyable.
On rentre. Piscine. Elle fait 12 m de long. Donc, on doit faire dix longueurs, au moins, pour avoir un peu d’exercice. Les autres gens ne nagent pas, ils se trempent ou jouent dans l’eau. Une femme se baigne avec deux enfants. Elle explique à une autre dame que ce sont ses petits-enfants. Elle ne fait pas grand-mère.
Sieste, blog et travail pour Jens.
Nos dix longueurs encore une fois vers 7 h. Et Jens a envie d’un hamburger ! Il va en commander un dans une toute petite boutique près d’ici. Mais elle n’ouvre qu’à 9 h 30. On n’en prend qu’un et c’est bien assez pour nous deux ; accompagné d’une salade de tomates et avocats, c’est bon.
Journée tranquille.
This Monday is a holiday (again!). This is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the flag.
We start cycling, this time leaving the city, going north-west. We pass under the circonvalación and suddenly it's different. The streets are less well maintained, it is more dry and dusty and it is poorer. This is still the city but also a mix of city and countryside. Between the houses you can see a vineyard for example. And at a service station, not only cars but also motorbikes are queuing. But in fact, Gerardo told us that a large proportion of cars are using liquid gas, for example all taxis. We do a kind of square: first westward, then north then east and back to town. We find the center and the trees with pleasure. We takes an orange juice at a van that allways has many customers. A glass costs 1.5 peso (2 kr or 25 cents €). It's probably juice with a little water and sugar but it's good and fresh.
There is a lot of people downtown, tomorrow the schools start.
Then we drink a (good) coffee at a little cafe called "Los Tres Reyes" (The Three Kings). It's small but they have many tables outside on the pedestrian street. We ask each a coffee and we get: a small glass of orange juice, a glass of water, coffee and cookies.
We walk in shopping galleries. Some shops are open, others are closed. We see a bead store where there is an incredible choice.
We ride home. Pool; it is 12 m long. So we have to do ten lengths, at least, to get a little exercise. Other people do not swim, they dip or play in water. A woman is playing in the water with two children. She explains to another lady that they are her grandchildren. She does not look like a grandmother.
Nap, and work for Jens and blog for me.
Our ten lengths again at around 7 pm. For dinner Jens wants a burger! We have to wait. The tiny shop opens at 9:30 pm. He goes and orders one. He takes only one and that's enough for both of us; with a salad of tomatoes and avocados, it is good.
A quiet day.
We start cycling, this time leaving the city, going north-west. We pass under the circonvalación and suddenly it's different. The streets are less well maintained, it is more dry and dusty and it is poorer. This is still the city but also a mix of city and countryside. Between the houses you can see a vineyard for example. And at a service station, not only cars but also motorbikes are queuing. But in fact, Gerardo told us that a large proportion of cars are using liquid gas, for example all taxis. We do a kind of square: first westward, then north then east and back to town. We find the center and the trees with pleasure. We takes an orange juice at a van that allways has many customers. A glass costs 1.5 peso (2 kr or 25 cents €). It's probably juice with a little water and sugar but it's good and fresh.
There is a lot of people downtown, tomorrow the schools start.
Then we drink a (good) coffee at a little cafe called "Los Tres Reyes" (The Three Kings). It's small but they have many tables outside on the pedestrian street. We ask each a coffee and we get: a small glass of orange juice, a glass of water, coffee and cookies.
We walk in shopping galleries. Some shops are open, others are closed. We see a bead store where there is an incredible choice.
We ride home. Pool; it is 12 m long. So we have to do ten lengths, at least, to get a little exercise. Other people do not swim, they dip or play in water. A woman is playing in the water with two children. She explains to another lady that they are her grandchildren. She does not look like a grandmother.
Nap, and work for Jens and blog for me.
Our ten lengths again at around 7 pm. For dinner Jens wants a burger! We have to wait. The tiny shop opens at 9:30 pm. He goes and orders one. He takes only one and that's enough for both of us; with a salad of tomatoes and avocados, it is good.
A quiet day.
Un canal
Une rue
A street
Une rue
A street
Une Dyane camionnette
A Dyane Citroen van
Les motos font la queue
Motorbikes are qeueuing
Galerie marchande
Shops gallery
Marché Perse?
Persian market?
Mercado Persa
Boutique de perles
Beads shop
Lunch sous un palmier dans le jardin de l'hôtel
Lunch under a palm tree in the hotel garden
Yucca
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