Friday, September 18, 2009
An unexpected coffee find
After lesson planning and grading all day long today, my brain was fried. I still had so much to get done, but the ability to concentrate on the task was quickly diminishing. My roommate and I desperately needed coffee, but we still do not own a coffee pot and there are no coffee shops anywhere nearby. This was quite the dilemma. However, we were so desperate, we set off in search of coffee and were not going to stop until we found some. We remembered passing a pulperia that had more potential than anywhere else we had ever been, but still the outlook seemed grim. Upon reaching the pulperia, we discovered that it was actually a computer store (they fix computers and provide internet for people who want to come in and use their computers). This was the farthest thing from a coffee shop I had ever seen in my life. Sage was persistent though and began questioning the lady about where the nearest coffee shop was. After quite a bit of dialogue, the lady invited us in and told us she would sell us coffee. Jackpot!! She walked through the door connecting the shop to her house, went in her kitchen, and made us some coffee. We also requested ice so we could have "iced coffee" since it was so hot outside and the lady willingly obliged. It was quite comical sitting in a computer shop drinking our coffee, but we didn't care - we were content. Sage also bought a cooking from the lady and the total for the 2 coffees and the cookie came out to be a grand total of L6 (that's 30 cents in America!!). As we were leaving the lady was laughing, saying she had never heard of anyone putting ice in their coffee :) Sage translated this to me and then the woman (in perfect English) turned to me and said, "Oh you don't know Spanish? Not at all?" This caught us off guard that she could speak English so Sage began translating and then we realized: wait, we could actually understand that one! We left the shop happy, content, and determined to return the next time we were in need of coffee.
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