Thursday 15 March 2012
Charles took the car in to a mechanic, sans GPS, to try and get the battery either charged or replaced, we weren't sure what the problem really was. He called Sebastian for a little advice, and he diagnosed the problem as being in the relay, which fortunately, the mechanics agreed with. Charles was offered free coffee from the garage's machine by a friendly worker, and he sipped gratefully (truly the way to her parents' hearts, Nicole believed).
Back at Camping Madalena Nicole and Dian worked tirelessly on catching the blog up with words and pictures. They took showers, which were mediocre at best, but at least it did the trick. We also discovered some mosquito bites (that time already??), but hey, we were camping.
Charles came back, and we had ham and cheese sandwiches before our venture into Port. Driving through that city, our happy sightseeing was cut short by the new sounds the car was making. We tried our best to enjoy the great architecture of the old fort, the new music building and more, but we had to cut our excursion short to get back the the mechanics before they closed.
We got there just in time, but not in enough time to fix the car. They said to come back at 9 the next morning. Great, so now where would we sleep? We drove back to our Madalena camp and explained our situation to Luis, who agreed to let us stay in the parking lot and use the Wi-Fi and restrooms, free of charge (but this was to be our secret).
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| What a sight for sore eyes! It had been below 8 forever. |
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| Near this intersection there was a swan sitting in the middle of the road. We drove slowly past it, and saw another person stop to carry it out of harm's way. |
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| The music building |
Back at Camping Madalena Nicole and Dian worked tirelessly on catching the blog up with words and pictures. They took showers, which were mediocre at best, but at least it did the trick. We also discovered some mosquito bites (that time already??), but hey, we were camping.
Charles came back, and we had ham and cheese sandwiches before our venture into Port. Driving through that city, our happy sightseeing was cut short by the new sounds the car was making. We tried our best to enjoy the great architecture of the old fort, the new music building and more, but we had to cut our excursion short to get back the the mechanics before they closed.
We got there just in time, but not in enough time to fix the car. They said to come back at 9 the next morning. Great, so now where would we sleep? We drove back to our Madalena camp and explained our situation to Luis, who agreed to let us stay in the parking lot and use the Wi-Fi and restrooms, free of charge (but this was to be our secret).
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| A fire somewhere caused a vibrant sunset. |
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