Settling in to our temporary home

We had our last breakfast at the Isla Verde this morning, check out the nice fruit plate!   The fruit in the middle is Maracuya and there was a lot more in there, but Guillermo had already eaten some of it.  Maracuya is one of our favorite fruits!  

After breakfast we set out to take care of a few things, like getting money and talking with the car rental people, buying post cards and stamps and such things.  It was good news talking with the car rental people, because they said we could return our car right there in Boquete, instead of driving all the way back to David to return the car.  We sure were happy about that.  So, Thursday morning we turn the car in, and it will be nothing but walking, taxis or buses then.  Oh well, time to get some good exercise!!  Here are a few more pictures of the grounds of Isla Verde.  Guillermo enjoyed checking out the different plants.

The breakfast dome from the outside.

A couple of shots of the grounds

After checking out of the Isla Verde, we went out to Valle Escondido, to check on the place we were getting.  We were told that they were still fixing it up, so we decided to just put our cold stuff in the refrigerator there and then leave them alone to finish working on what they needed to finish.  So, we had about 3 hours to figure out what to do.  We passed the time having lunch at Shalom bakery, checking out all the grocery stores in town (there are pluses to all 3 of them, so we may not stick to just one) and stuff like that.  Today was a beautiful sunny day, but even when it's sunny here there is always at least a mist in the air.

At around 3:30, we headed back to Valle Escondido and the lady told us that a plumber was working on one of the bathrooms, but we decided to go to our place anyway.  She gave us the keys and when we got to the house, there was no plumber, and we saw water all over the master bathroom floor.  We decided to just stay away from there, and only use the bathroom on the lower floor for the time being.  So, other than that, it is WONDERFUL here.  This valley is absolutely beautiful.  As for the house, it has the look of a Tuscan villa.  The kitchen is nice, the living room is very comfortable and our bedroom is really nice and big.  The master bath WILL be nice if and when they ever fix what's wrong in there.  One of the first things we did when we moved in was wash clothes downstairs and clean up a few things around this house to our liking.  Right now, we are fixing our dinner.  Soup, chicken empanadas, wine, an orange and an apple strudel.  All our windows are wide open and the weather is so pleasant.  I'll try to take a few pictures tomorrow to post here.  We were going to go to Volcan tomorrow, but we are thinking we'll hang around, since the plumber will be back.  We may go to Volcan on Wednesday.