Living After the Manner of Happiness

We started the morning eating breakfast on the rooftop terrace of our hotel.  It was a beautiful morning following a much welcome night of sleep.  The air conditioning was working so it was much quieter with the windows closed.  We decided to take a taxi to church this morning as the closest one was about 5K away and we were not quite sure how to find it and no one in the hotel knew the area to direct us.  Wise choice as the taxi driver had to look it up in his map book (similar to our Thomas Guide) to even know how to program it in to his GPS unit.  He was a bit unsure when he got to the area as it was residential and he knew we were going to church; however, I looked over and saw the familar logo on the building, even though I did not recognize all of the words.  I can honestly say that I have never been in an LDS church (not temple) with marble floors.  As we walked in we were greeted by one of the bishopric counselors who spoke a very little English.  Several other people came up a

Our first night sleeping here was quite an adventure.  We are staying in a wonderful hotel that is kind of a cross between a B&B and a hotel.  They gave us a lovely room at the front of the hotel.  Last night our air conditioning wasn't working for some reason.  When we returned to our room last night, the room was extremely hot and stuffy, so we had to sleep with the window open.  The temperature was great, but it meant that we heard all the going ons on the street below.  We went to bed late enough that it was not a problem falling asleep.  Neither of us slept soundly until the early hours of the morning.  Just before 8 I was jarred from a deep sleep when the garbage man dumped a trash can full of bottles into his truck.  Once I got my bearings and my heart had slowed down a bit, I looked over to find Mike sound asleep with his noise-canceling headphones on.  Smart man!  We love the noise of the street during the day when we're in our room, but here's hoping the air c

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