It was one of those days. It started out raining and rained on and off all day. I heard from the realtor about a property we wanted to see, but waited around for hours to see if we could set it up for today.
Linda and Stan came down to our place and I fried up some egg sandwiches. A bird was making an awful sound outside and I thought it might be my buddy the macaw. It wasn’t. I really need to get a bird book so I know what bird I’m looking at. 
After breakfast we hung around awhile trying to figure out what to do. It really wasn’t a great day to go to the beach and we all needed to go to the bank to break some larger bills. This was our first experience dealing with a Panamanian bank.
It was about 11:30 and Bruce and Linda went into the bank while Stan and I waited in the car. The guard opened the door for them, made some sign at Bruce and pointed at benches for them to sit on. It’s not the same as banks in the U.S. where you just walk in and do your banking. The guards are in full battle gear – they mean business and take their job seriously. Later we realized the guards gestures meant that the tellers were eating lunch and they had to wait on the bench until lunch was over. Mind you, no one in the bank spoke English but this was conveyed in gestures and from the limited Spanish Linda and Bruce understood. Once the tellers finished lunch, they let Linda go first. We are not sure if it’s because she is female or was older than the other person waiting. In any event it was a very different experience for them.
After the bank we headed to Lupe’s for coffee and pastry. We love her coffee. I forgot my phone so I wasn’t sure if the real estate agent tried to call. She did but by the time we emailed back and forth it was too late to go look at the house.
We went for a swim in the pool in the rain this afternoon, Bruce and Stan took naps and Linda and I read books. I also started packing. Since it was too late to look at the house today, I set it up for tomorrow.
Tonight we went to dinner with Mark and Latina to Villa Romana. Mark and Latina live at the ocean lofts and moved here from Hawaii last year. .
The Villa Romana is a lovely restaurant and Inn overlooking the Pacific, located on the dirt road by Playa Destilderados. We were able to see the sunset since the rains had stopped.
We had a wonderful meal and the service was great. I had tuna and steamed vegetables.
For dessert Bruce and I shared a passion fruit cream cake.
It was a lovely evening getting to know Latina and Mark. 
They have been very helpful during our stay in Pedasi.
On my way out of the restaurant, I photographed the full moon.
It was a beautiful moon and the skies were clear tonight. Hopefully it will be a bright sunny day tomorrow.
To finish the day, we played another game of setback. The boys won – it’s now 17 to 12 girls.
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