New in Cali!

Hola! I made it to Cali and have been here for two days. Guess I know everything about Cali now :-)

Seems the city is pretty much on vacation for the next couple of days while everyone celebrates Easter. My last taxi driver told me everything gets back to normal on Sunday.

I stayed a couple of nights in Hotel del Rio -- ended up there by mistake (long story) but suffice to say I wouldn't recommend it.

Now I've found Hostal Santa Rita and its pretty nice. I'll be here for a few days maybe more. If anyone wants to get together for a beer or a coffee drop me an email or post here. I think my email addy shows up, but I'm not familiar enough with this site to know for sure. My first post disappeared and I never saw it again...

I'm jazzed tonight, tomorrow I'm going for a bicycle ride with a group here in Cali. I think it'll be fun and its nice to meet people, even if my malo Espanol limits my conversation and understanding. These guys are pretty into riding, and they were talking about steep grades, so keeping up will be fun...

I'm considering getting a Spanish tutor, but may just wing it 'till it all comes together. I've tried Spanish language schools in the past and they help, but studying (sort of) for a week or two at time, just doesn't do it.

Hmmmmm.... Cali is different here than what I expected, but that's always the case with travel.

Suggestions for cool places and things to do here appreciated.

So far -- so good...

By Morri on Apr 13, 2006, 18:52 in Friendly Talkzone.

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Apr 17, 2006, 14:21: just out of curiosity "Cali is different here than what I expected, but that's always the case with travel." What did you expect? How is Cali different from what you had expected? Is Cali a disappointment or a pleasant surprise or neither? For Spanish tutor, you may want to contact adela, let me know if you're interested and I'll get you her number or e-mail address in case she doesn't happen to read this post herself and comment. Cool places...plenty, what kind of "cool" do you mean? I'm also in Cali, have been here for two months on this trip and have previously lived here for many years. Cheers, Desi Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life. -Kobi Yamada A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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