Wednesday October 12– I had a very relaxed start to the day. I stayed in bed until 8am, made eggs for breakfast, planned to start an essay I have to write (but didn’t), read my book, and just generally did nothing in the morning waiting for the expected downpour to start. That did not happen. Eventually, I decided it was not likely to rain and was in fact sunny, so I left the apartment around noon. I went to the botanic garden and a small village called Monte, both of which are significantly up the hill from here (everything is up a hill, no matter which direction you go), so I went to the tourist info office to try to find the most logical way to do the trip. They have knowledge but are kind of
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