That's just the way it is

Nice beautiful morning - sunny and warmer.  It's been quite a while since we've seen such a nice day.  Of course, got the clothes washing in early so that is out of the way.

After the clothes were hung up, we drove into the town of El Campello to try to pay our internet bill.  It's a bill of about 15 cents, this first bill, and it's crazy.  We got the bill like almost two weeks ago and we still have been unable to pay it.  We tried to pay at the internet company, and they said no you have to pay that bill through a bank.  So, we go to a bank and they say that's not a true bill, that we need to bring the "real" bill in and then they'll take the payment.  So, today we decided to go the the bank that the internet company deals with.  We found an excellent parking place, which we were so happy about.  Believe me, finding a good parking place is not easy.  Anyway, we get to the bank and they say they only take care of bill payments on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  (Today is Tuesday).  So, they said they only do bill payments between the 10th and the 23rd of each month!  (Today is the 8th).  And not only that, they only take bill payments between 8:30 and 10am!!!! When we walked out of the bank, we just laughed because it sounded like some weird joke, but it was reality.

We left there and decided to start this thing that El Campello is doing called the Tapa-Chupi route.  We've been wanting to do that ever since we got here and today we finally started.  The Tapa-Chupi route is a way to get people to try the food in various restaurants around the city.  You receive a card and when you go to one of the restaurants on the route, you get stamped.  And what you get at each of the restaurants is a little tapa (like an appetizer) and one drink for about 2 dollars.  So, our first try at this turned out good.  We each got a slice of bread spread with dressing and topped with lettuce and an anchovy with a piece of garlic on top.  It was delicious!  And our drink was cinnamon tea.

Next we tried to print our home internet bill at an internet cafe but the website never would load.  So, instead we went to a second restaurant on the Tapa-Chupi route.  At this little restaurant they served two meatballs each and a glass of beer.  The meatballs were good, but I opted for a glass of coke instead.  We ended up eating lunch there and that was also very good.

The weather was still beautiful when we got home so this afternoon we were able to work out in the yard again.  That was nice.