Well... after the whole adventure in the hospital last night -"bandaging" Lex's feet-, the plan for wednesday was uncertain. Proposals of going to Taboga (an island), or to see the "aquarium-shark" place where around. But at 11 a.m. and each one of us in bed still, it was ovbious that we were not going anywere at that moment.
Personally, my only concern was to find a drugstor to buy some medicines for Lex's feet. And food, of course. Every single day, some different kind of fries were part of our unhealthy diet. Today, no plans and hurted feet included, we were going to follow the tradition.
Finally, after 30 minutes more or less, I got ready to go hunting a Mannak... hmm, no, inside joke xD. Took monney, took recetas (receaipts) and went to adventure by myself, through Panama City. As soon as I got out, i noticed the "excess of clouds". i claimed for my umbrella by telephone, and a direct delivery from Alexis (throwing it from he 4th flour's window) was the answer.
To the adventure! I love walking around the city. Specifically, downtown, surrounded by the hectic movement of a weekday. Panama City was in that mood. I followed the way I remembered of last night to find a drugstore. But after 7 minutes and more, I could not stand it anymore. I went to some unknown street. I found a drugstore, I got the medicines, I went out, the rain started. Opening the umbrella, I was surprised by the discover: I was in the main point of an encounter of important-colonial buildings, mixed with a modern touch of reovery and people rushing around - running away from rain.
"Now what?". Easy: find a McDonald's!. Alexis was kind of... tired, let's say, of so much junk food. But neither Jono nor me were. "What do you want to eat, guys?" I asked before leaving. "McDonald's?" I said, hoping to receive a positive answer. A prototypical modern man (laying on bed, remote in hand, computer, no activity for the day) answered enthusiastically "yes! there's oe down the street. " Now my mission was to find a McDonald's.
On that search, I ended up in the other side of the city, literally. I found an interenet cafe, talked to my mom, checked mails, checked McDonald's adress in the city. Ha, a block and a half from our hotel. It was not a long way - only 10 or 12 blocks. But it started raining! And this guy that was woring in our hotel started following me! How could I get rid of him? He was just a boy, being nice (he was respectful) and I was the arrogant tourist who didn't want to play attention to him. What kind of social injustice woul I pretend to denounce if I was ignoring someone at a human level?. Hmmm, too much thinking, it was raining and I was scared. =) I rushed to the McDonald's, ordere three sets of cheeseburgers+coke+fries and came back, grabbing the bags as a mother protects a baby of getting wet under the rain.
I got back exactly in the moment in which Alexis wanted to take a shower -muahaha-. We ate, we chilled ou, we attempted to leave the room but it didn't work. Instead, we planned thursday (our last day). We enjoyed the cable option as much as possible - with memorable moments such as watching Arrested Development, and night came.
TV, chill out, McDonald's, plans. Food was necesarry again!. The option? What a question! This tiem, Jono came with me. Lex was doing better, and she asked only for a milshake. Canguro and me get to the McDonald's then, and chat a while about the impact of McDonald's in our lives (he worked there, I helped for a day with a masquerade fundraising operation). In the end, two big macs, a pechuga crispy, and sodas and ice cream after, we went back to the hotel.
"What do we do now?". "Watch TV until we fall asleep?". So we did. Was it a waste of day?
... not for McDonald's xD
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