Ahhhh, the weekend. Time just flies in and another week is done. No sooner is it Monday morning and it's Friday afternoon again. Sadly the weekend seems to go in even faster. So to Saturday's offerings. We I am keen to try to establish a few visitors to our balcony but being on the 8th floor we don't see many birds up here. I have seen a blackbird a few times so I decided to put a few bits of biscuit out. Sure enough yesterday he/she found it. And today he/she was back for some more.
Today saw us take a slightly different and longer route than usual although there was nothing exciting to report from the new area.
Yesterday evening we were treated to a visit from the guys below. They are buskers but I am sure you'll agree they go to quite a length to get a few soles.
The value of cars is another amazing thing here in Lima. I managed in another of my surreptitious moves to sneak a snap of this bad boy, which is, I can assure you, by no means the worst pile of junk on the road here. This car although I am sure you'd feel it was ready for th scrappie is in fact still quite a valuable asset to its owner and is good for a few km yet. Some of them you can see right through to the ground. I have no idea how they get their MOT. Maybe they have to know someone who knows someone but nobody seems to mind.
My Volvo is almost 20 years old and I had to pay $6000 (about £4250) for it! Still if I manage to keep it between the kerb and the white line, shiny side up while it is in my care I should still get a decent return on it when it is time to move on.
If you want an ice cream then you just have to wait until you hear the toot toot of the ice cream man (or woman because there are lots of ice cream women). It is very distinctive and you can wait for a while to hear it. The best way to get to hear it is to hit the start button to record a song. It seems that the guys knows just when you are getting to the end of an otherwise perfect take and toot toot toot. Arghhhhh!!!!!
Ok I have loads of marking to get done so I am going to look lively and get onto it now. Take care now. I'm missing you already.
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