Ragdolls

Maybe I will buy one  of these kitens when they are one month older..

Simon and I lunch al fresco

A nice place with vegan dishes near new my future home (going for it).

Multi-national infomercial

I never saw an informercial before that targeting the citizens of several countries at the same time.

Octavio's agency will not rent to me...so I have to give up on his house.

Daniel Montoya's agency is much more flexible. He is showing me a new house.

Giving the agency my qualifying details.

Simon helps me fill out the required information. It's all done remotely.

Learning Spanish through the sub-titles.

I can watch Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Law and Order all dubbed and sub-titled in Spanish.

A Metro Plus bus stops two-blocks from my home.

The Metro Plus express bus (it has its own lane) connects with the subway-type metro.

A small but adequate kitchen.

I like all the cabinet space.

The  Church from 1814

The crypts inside this church are fascinating.

156  square meters or 312 square meters?

The lease on my home includes the use of the roof. It could be used for my class or a party, or even for storage.

Disappearing edema

The edema in my right foot and lower leg is subsiding...and I don't know why. I like it though.

Goodbye, Hotel!

Simon and pack up most everything in my hotel to take to my new home.

Ladyland Johanna looks on as Simon opens door to my new home

Simon learns how to use the difficult keys first.

Temptation I did not resist: 84-inch (seven-foot) Samsung TV

When buying a TV to be my computer monitor, I could not resist this 84-inch Samsung that the store had a close-out deal on for $1500 USD.

Ragdolls

Maybe I will buy one  of these kitens when they are one month older..

Ragdolls

Maybe I will buy one  of these kitens when they are one month older..

Octavio

I love his house. Hoping he will be my new landlord.

Cooking some beans in my hotel.

I am trying to cook in m my hotel room in order to eat more healthfully.

Dwight and Paula

I was set up for a date with 21-year-old Paula by her uncle Uber driver.

I love the new house and neighborhood!

Simon with a street mural

Ordering a king size mattress from neighbor.

Robinson, his wife Sol, his two boys David and Samuel, live and work in their home/store as my next door neighbor.

1814 Cathoilc Church is one block away from my new home.

It's big...can accommodate over 500 parishioners.

Moving in a day early

The landlady Johana Penagos let's us move a few things in early as her relatives get the house ready to turn over to me.

My bedroom

I'll turn this back room, furtherest from the street noise, into my bedroom.

Local handyman moves blocks for me for $1.00

This locally available handyman used his shopping cart to move these blocks about three blocks.

View from my rooftop

I can see the top of the church from my roof top.

I'm a millionaire!

I'm paying my landlady 1,000,000 pesos ($247 USD) for a bed and some furniture to get me started.

Ten-minute walk from hotel to new home

An easy move...

Simon proudly shows me his chef knives

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Essential tools of the trade

I can talk to this TV.

Something I didn't know I wanted.

Ragdolls

Maybe I will buy one  of these kitens when they are one month older..

Ragdolls

Maybe I will buy one  of these kitens when they are one month older..