Dan and I have spent the last three weeks searching for an apartment. That is not to say we've been homeless since we arrived, but rather that we've decided to settle down.
Until now we have been staying in a short-term furnished apartment that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. We can see the ships waiting to enter the Panama Canal and watch the tide roll in and out. We can walk to one of the nicest malls in the city (Cartier, Nautica, etc.), three grocery stores and lots of restaurants. While that might sound idyllic, it has its down side: It's only a few blocks from the Pan-American highway and on a main street, resulting in constant traffic noise. Worse, Panamanians seem to feel that every other driver on the road should move out of their way and declare their impatience with frequent use of their horns. And its flimsy windows mean we get to hear it all, even at 3 am.
As of next week we will no longer be able to see the ocean and walk to the mall. Instead we'll be in the middle of the city and only steps from a park, shops and sidewalk cafes. Our apartment is so new that they haven't even finished painting the walls, and so we get to pick the color. Most likely it will be a warm neutral, like sand. The best part? Our two closest friends are neighbors.
I'll write about the neighborhood in a future post.
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