Today is very hot; in fact they had record temperatures for this time of year. Our house has no air conditioning and is on the seventh floor. Even with the windows open for a little breeze, it was uncomfortable sleeping. We started our new class. This time there are only 4 other students besides us: one from Canada, one from Germany, and two from Holland. We like our new teachers.
Because of the temperatures, we decided to figure out the bus system to get into town after class. We made it to the old city center, which is where all the interesting older buildings, plazas, and much of the shopping is. We looked at the Mercado Colon and then went on to a special chocolate shop that Camille had researched. Instead of buying bonbons, we went to the little café in the back, which overlooked a secluded garden and shared a sandwich and their specialty chocolate dessert. Then we went on a little city tour: the Ayuntamiento (city hall), the Correos (post office), the big plazas, the cathedral, and a cool excavated Roman ruin that you can look down on through a little reflecting pool (the ruins are underneath it). The museum was closed. We finally tried horchata, their cold drink made from ground up tigernuts and cinnamon. It was really refreshing on this hot day.
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