Saturday, March 7, 2009

A Lull Before the Wind


As you can see, it is a beautiful sunny morning here in Chuburna. Our long walk this morning took us way passed the old ruins to the west of the village. By the time we decided to turn around, we were in the middle of nowhere with sand and scrub to our left and sea to the right. We only turned back as it was time to cook the other side of our bodies.

Yesterday we spent a good part of the day in Progreso as I had a Spanish class and we were looking at various places to stay should we decide that we want to return to this part of the world next winter. We also went out to lunch with a couple we met at one of the rentals. In the end, it was a day well spent away from the constant noise of wind and waves.

Now that we are back from our walk, the wind has again picked up and the sea is a mess of whitecaps. We still are able to go out into the sunshine because it is warm. If we want to escape the wind, we go behind the house where we have a wall as well as the villa to protect us from the wind while allowing the sunshine to continue to pour in. No complaints here.

Ottawa beat Edmonton with Elliott in net and plays again tonight against the Buffalo Sabres. Ottawa is now in danger of making it out of the Tavares Cup sweepstakes. A few more wins will have the team miss the boat for number one draft pick in June. Calgary remains solidly in third place in the western conference even with a loss their last game. I think you can guess what I will be doing tonight.

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