I heart CCS

My stay in Caracas has officially been extended until the end of August. I like it here-- I like it A LOT. Since Sunday I am enjoying it even more. I moved to a more central part of the city and now am a block away from the metro, which is huge. Coming from Baruta, my first home in Caracas, it would take me anywhere from an 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours to get into the center with 2 different buses. The "center" as I call it, isn't really the center of Caracas at all, but it is where I work and play. Now it's all at my fingertips. Granted, there's some give and take... I have lost my in-home laundry facilities and am really missing my bakery boys in Baruta, not to mention the friendliest fruit and vegetable clan in the country. My view is no longer atop a mountain looking to my city below, but of the family opposite me working on their computer and 3 other apartment buildings full of watchful, wondering faces.
But I have the park. The biggest park in the city- Parque del Este- I can see it when I'm taking a shower. Weird but true. My panadería and frutería have been replaced by Excelsior Gama, the biggest supermercado I have ever seen, also visible from the shower window. My english speaking roomate has been replaced by 2 non english speakers improving my spanish in just 2 days. I have a couch and running water- and it's warm. The stove works and I'm even able to use the elevator. Maids quarters, shmades quarters-this is the life I tell you... I hope I can pull myself outta here at the end of the month. If I continue on this path I don't know how I'll get past Peru by December.

I am going to start devoting a segment to the slogans on womens t-shirts here, they are really something...
t-shirt of the day: YOU MAKE ME FEEL SEXY GIRL
Please try to picture a bright orange tight shirt with these big sloppy white and yellow letters covering the entire front, along with the whole ensemble of 2 big orange velcro glittering butterflies in their hair, dangling sparkly earrings, orange eyeshadow, with a sequence orange belt and orange heels. I mean really, the name says it all.