Random shots of our day-to-day

This is a photo of the building we live in (we’re on the 5^th floor) and the Specialized bike shop on the street level.  This bike shop is not a typical one that sells all sorts of different price-points and helmets and such.  Oh no!  This is one where the cheapest bike costs at least a grand and there are some in there that cost 8-10 times that much.  Pete says walking through there is like walking into a showroom.  He’s seen bikes in there that he only thought existed in magazines.  Poor guy— and we have to live above it and he has to be tempted daily.

 

The two tall red buildings are to the west of us (toward my school and our grocery store) and the tall thin one with the church is to the east of us (away from the main part of the city).  I realize it may look rather urban, but we really essentially live in the suburbs of this big city.  We’ve got soccer fields, restaurants, a strip mall, a gym, a post office, and more right here.  But, we are not near the museums, art galleries, skyscrapers, etc.

 

Here's Reese going to school, just a regular day.  That still sounds SO WILD to me to say or type: "Reese going to school."  My little baby is growing up!

 

And here she is with Addie, her BFF, at soccer.  They have soccer once a week with a group of about a dozen 3-4 year olds.  It's one hour of running around and kicking a ball, but they're the youngest in the group and it regularly EXHAUSTS them.  They have yet to make it through the hour before looking like this:

 

This is the lady who sells us vegetables at the market.  She is so sweet and business from expats is (apparently) so important to her that she tells us what's good when and won't let us buy stuff that she knows isnt't the best.  Plus, you get a free head of garlic and a small bundle of herbs every time you shop with her.

 

My first time there I bought peppers, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, eggplants, sweet potatoes, and 3 chili peppers.  She then gave me chives, a head of garlic, and cilantro (FOR FREE).  The entirety cost about US$5. I couldn't believe it.