Stepping Out of the Boat

This is our new red couch that was so graceously given to us by our neighbors and co-workers. Their apartment is much nicer than ours with a balcony and really nice furniture. Our furniture, while very festive-looking, was made out of iron, and when we sat on it, we would feel the iron bars through the cushions under our botttoms. Not comfortable! So, our friends gave us their red two-seater couch and kept their full sized couch. It was very kind of them, and we are very pleased.





John rigged up the shower so that we can wash the soap off ourselves in less than a half hour. There is no water pressure here - and no hot water. John cut the bottom out of a bottle and shoved it onto the nozzle so that the water comes out far enough from the wall to hit us. Hoorah!








This is how we watch movies: in our room with the AC on, but it's so loud we have to turn our laptop volume all the way up and and turn the speakers all the way up. We bought some popcorn to cook on the stove, and we have the mosquito net to make sure we don't get bitten.












Here's Claire hanging the laundry on the roof.