Sunday Evening, December 7, 2008
On Saturday we went to La Chorrera to pick up our sofa cushions. They had been ready on Friday as promissed, and Dionisio had delivered them to the fabric store.
We are pleased with the cushions and the workmanship. We ordered 4 small chair cushions, for which we were quoted $5 each in labor. The cover material is $4.95 for each, and the foam is something less. We also brought home some sample materials for some additional cushions.
The overhead shot of a El Costo, a low price store, indicates how busy shopping is on a Saturday before Christmas. We learned last year that there are no post-Christmas sales, only pre-Christmas. We found some items we wanted, but there was a s30 minute wait for the cashier. Too long for Gringos!
We drove a short way to the Machitazo for lunch: $5 for the two of us. The bottom picture shows the cafeteria. The food is good. For desert we bought two scoops of ice cream (quite good) for $.40.
On Thursday we had gone into Panama city to have the new crown installed by my dentist. The office is pictured at top. That went well.
Afterwards we went to look at a condo, which I think I described earlier.
At the large malls we see Christmas displays that look like they belong in Wisconsin. The images contain snow and pine trees. One can buy a 7 foot pine tree here for about $28. We bought some palm trees which we will decorate. How did a country that has never seen snow come to associate Christmas with snow and pine trees?
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