Day 7 and 8

As for yesterday, let's just say that being here gives me an opportunity to appreciate what I have at home. The luxury of having a car just for starters. Here people drive crazy. There is no way I could drive in a country where there are no stop signs, and the few that exists nobody respects. But last night my mother made some little steaks and they were divine. I forget how good is the red meat. I eat too much ground beef mixed with stuff. But here, they eat the real thing all the time. Delicious. And the flan.... yes, I see that there are some extra pounds coming my way. The kids are in need of some friends, and the new ones are going to school and have to do homework and are busy. They played with them for an hour, but that wasn't enough for them. I need to find something for them to do.

Today I decided it was "kids' day" so we went to the Abasto shopping center near downtown to the Children's Museum. We took a remise and arrived when the museum opened. It was great. All kinds of learning experiences were missing because of the language difference. I tried to translate some, but it's difficult to do that while the kids are running, haha. They played for more than four hours. I was exhausted just by tagging along. My head was pounding. But they, they were happy. They went down slides, climbed ladders, run through things hanging from the ceiling, played soccer, threw balls, drew pictures, the list has no end. We came out of the museum to eat lunch around 3pm. They ate McDonalds, only a happy meal is u$s 5 here. Same packaging, same toys from China, just more expensive. When we went back in, they kept on going. I was dragging myself. Fortunately, there was a small soccer field and they played there for a while so I could rest. After the museum, I was undecided about how to go back home. I really didn't want to pay u$s 25 just to take a taxi, and I couldn't contact my mom to know if she could pick us up (I had no more money in the cell phone she let me have, and I didn't know it). So finally I decided to take the subway. We got there and the first one was so packed we had to let it go. We barely made it into the second one, but we only had 5 stations to go. When we exit the subway, we walked directly into the train station. I couldn't remember exactly the name of the train line and was confused for a moment, but finally figure out which train to take. Then my mother called when we were comfortably seated inside the train, and she agreed to go to pick us up at the train station closest to her house. It was good for the kids to see that there are other ways to travel than cars. They enjoyed the novelty, but of course, they are used to the convenience of having a car available all the time.
Midnight again. I haven't been able to open my Nook yet. I guess my idea of reading books while here, exercising, etc. was just one of those absurd plans that we sometimes make. I better go to sleep if I intend to keep up with the kids tomorrow.