Buen Provecho (june 26)

Tonight Yolanda, Michael and I went out to dinner to this wonderful Italian restaurant. We walked around for a few minutes in search of good cuisine, browsing the menus of various restaurants in the neighborhood before finally settling on this spot. From the salads to the dessert, the food was absolutely delicious. My main entrée was this spaghetti in white sauce with shrimp, oysters and spinach. It was seasoned just right and definitely pleased my palate. For dessert we all chose something different and passed the plates around to try each other’s choice. I had tres leches, Yolanda had ___ and Michael had this chocolate mousse cake. I think mine was the best of the three but Yolanda’s was a very close second. The service was prompt and polite which made the evening even better because we’ve grown accustomed to the Panamanian version of “CP Time.” They are very slow and not the best at customer service. For example, we went to a fast food joint and they would not take the next person’s order until the previous person’s order was completed and out the way. Of course, this completely destroys the concept of fast food but that’s just how they do it down here. The rest of the day was drab: went to work, worked, came home, lol. I didn’t get home until around 6p.m. so as soon as I walked in the door we were leaving for dinner. One good thing that happened at work was that I arranged for a ride to take me to work every morning for free so that will be much better than paying for a taxi. I also was able to assist my supervisor on a repatriation case. In that I had to interview the lady and the interview was in all Spanish because that was all she spoke. I was proud of myself for not getting too lost or stumbling too much. Some of it I did not understand but she simply repeated herself and we continued in the conversation.