Cihuatlán

This city name is a bit difficult to pronounce as it is an Aztek name not a typical Spanish name. It means 'the city of women'. You might find it interesting to read a few facts about the name and history. 

It is a typical, I'd say Mexican middle-sized town with a large bus station and a very large church and a larger kind of "Walmart" type store. :-)  Dijie, Bob and I took a local bus to the town - about a 30-minute drive from Melaque. I picked up my first newspaper (periodico) in Spanish, and we had fun with young 11 or 12 year old school girls - all wear cute uniforms- happy to say a few words in English, and then giggling and shy when greeted by us in English.

We stop off in Barra to eat at a beach-side restaurant, but it is closed. A number of places close on Mondays. The other restaurants we found too expensive for a light lunch. Back on the bus to Melaque where beach-side restaurants have simpler, maybe, food, and for about a quarter of the price. There is no place like home, I thought.

I had such fun in the afternoon reading a few articles in the newspaper without using a dictionary to test my reading comprehension. I went to the central area in Bungalow where our landlady sits with her mom, and this week, her aunt.

They were happy to let me give my resume and then correct me where I'd gone off. I might have passed one of our CLB tests - level 4-5 on two of the articles (politics and the astrology readings), but, missed some central points in an article about an accident. I had both the man and the women drivers dead, when, the man was, in fact still living. I did have most of the accident details correct. Yeh! And we women all enjoyed the discussion and sharing.  Neat!

Movie 

I am still watching the series in Silvana Sin Lan, Netflix. I have to read along with the Spanish sub-titles, but I still believe that listening to the target language pays off. :-)

Thank you! to the ones who have given me feedback and encouragement on this blog! Probably, 2 more posts. Ha Ha.