We're planning a little vacation and will be going to the big PX (US) - northern and southern parts east. Like Ken, when he went last year sometime I think, I have not been to the US in a number of years.
Here is what I'm looking forward to:
La Luz (no generators, no inverters)
Pizza without corn on it
Bookstores with ten thousands of books (with coffee and in English!)
A fresh olive bar in the supermercado
Berries and apple cider
Smooth good roads and cruising
My granddaughter's face at Disney
Barless windows
Seeing my very old father-in-law and getting up to date with real politics
Spending time with 'enlightened' friends
Making a fire in the fireplace in the evening and having marshmellows in hot chocolate
Handing over good rum and specially wrapped loofahs as presents and gifts
Clearing out a storage space after many years and finding all my good books and a few guitars and some priceless photos and shipping it down.
Getting back to home in the DR
Here is what I'm not looking forward to:
The stress around international travel .. airports, clearing immigration etc.
Cold climate ... Just spoke to the folks up in Maine and they're laughing - bring warm clothes they say - Ha! I'll have to stop at the nearest mega store and buy a jacket. My old sailing jacket won't do it in the smart places!
Cleaning the kitchen in the evening instead of lazily leaving all for the cleaner in the morning
Unfriendly people too scared to move outside of their own cube of comfort.
Here is what I'm looking forward to:
La Luz (no generators, no inverters)
Pizza without corn on it
Bookstores with ten thousands of books (with coffee and in English!)
A fresh olive bar in the supermercado
Berries and apple cider
Smooth good roads and cruising
My granddaughter's face at Disney
Barless windows
Seeing my very old father-in-law and getting up to date with real politics
Spending time with 'enlightened' friends
Making a fire in the fireplace in the evening and having marshmellows in hot chocolate
Handing over good rum and specially wrapped loofahs as presents and gifts
Clearing out a storage space after many years and finding all my good books and a few guitars and some priceless photos and shipping it down.
Getting back to home in the DR
Here is what I'm not looking forward to:
The stress around international travel .. airports, clearing immigration etc.
Cold climate ... Just spoke to the folks up in Maine and they're laughing - bring warm clothes they say - Ha! I'll have to stop at the nearest mega store and buy a jacket. My old sailing jacket won't do it in the smart places!
Cleaning the kitchen in the evening instead of lazily leaving all for the cleaner in the morning
Unfriendly people too scared to move outside of their own cube of comfort.