Today, also, Dijie, Bob and I visit the Crocodile Refuge in La Manzanilla.
We start with a coffee.
Try and say crocodile in Spanish: cocodrilo /cocodrillo. Cendrillon (French for Cinderella) keeps mixing me up. Imagine a Cinderella crocodile! The Refuge is like a bayou mangrove swamp. Amazing! in Mexico?! We wander in a mangrove-looking forest along a wooden slat trail that traverses the lagoon. We climb a wooden tree house-type lookout - crocodiles and birds, birds- species I have never seen. A muggy perfect day for this adventure. Thank you, Dijie and Bob!
We follow the Crocodile Refuge walk by a swim in the Ouch! cold ocean. Then, we feast on vegetable burritos and delicious tacos. The burrito wrap, and the tortillas are super!
Upon our return, after mopping my home, I take my evening stroll. This time, to a new vantage point looking from a street end to the sea. A family comes and sits: father, young son, and daughters. We strike up a conversation in Spanish. I learn the three strange looking boats in the bay are shrimping boats, the boy is in school and learning English, the oldest girl in kindergarten, the youngest must wait 2 more years. The mother will come; she is a dentist. The father has worked already 4 times in Ottawa, Ontario, cleaning a cemetery (el cemetorio). I checked to be sure I had this unusual occupation correctly. He liked his work and it paid well. He will be returning, he thinks soon. As the family left, the boy shyly and proudly said: Bye! :-)
So, my daily hobby of Spanish learning is paying off. Accuracy, no! But a small beginning towards fluency. Very small.
This short interlude was the icing on the cake.
Grand finale:
Really enjoy reading your posts Jeanne!
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