Today we had a appointment to view an apartment in Jocotenango (say ho-co-ten-ango). We told the man we were just looking right now to see what apartments look like here and to get some idea of the cost for renting. His apartment is in a gated community and was most impressive. It was a one bedroom, with shower, closet, and a good size kitchen (full stove with oven, and fridge) with a Dining room / living room. I could be very content living in this community. It is outside of Antigua but close enough for shopping purposes and it is quiet.
They also had a house that we looked at. It is a four bedroom house in Antigua. The man is in construction and built both of the places and I must say he did a fabulous job. He used beautiful wood and made beautiful homes. We told him our story and that we are testing the waters in Guatemala as a country we could live in and be happy in with the income we will have, but that this will all take place in the near future. We are not ready to commit to anything just now. Of course, we could miss out on this property because we have so much to do before we can resettle anywhere. There are other places to rent in Guatemala if we really have to make such a move to make our income take care of us.
After apartment hunting we spent the afternoon at the Rainbow Cafe and Book Store because they have Wifi Internet. Don updated our virus program and then like a genius started it scanning the computer. Which took about 3 hours to finish! I was ready to be up and out of there long before the scan was done (which could have been done at home overnight if it needed to run that long grrrrrr.) We ate lunch in the cafe and drank lemonade and finally left in time to eat supper out as well since we left about 4 pm. We had to go to the market to get bananas as the Bodegona had none for our breakfast then we caught to bus for home. This bus decided to drop everyone off in Ciudad Viaja and head back into Antigua which meant about a 20 minute walk (not power walking) for us back to the apartment. We finished the day with some TV watching and blogging, and Don worked on a lap top for Kristin. Day is done.
