The Bikes

I got my bike pass this week and I rode the public bikes for the first time yesterday.
The public bike system consists of multiple stations around the city. With the pass, you can take a bike, ride it for thirty minutes, and return it somewhere else. I find the bikes to be nice. They have comfortable seats, baskets, lights, and fenders.
It is tricky to ride on the sidewalks though. There are always people walking. Some of them move, but others are oblivious and walk down the middle of the sidewalk so that I can't pass them. In my neighborhood, a lot of the sidewalks are too skinny and crowded to ride efficiently, but I did discover an alternate route and bike path today. Riding the bikes is fun, but it has only cut about five minutes off of my thirty minute walk, by the time I dodge all of the pedestrians, ride the bike to the station and walk back to the school.
Dinner tonight got really crazy, with Isabel's brother and two teenage nephews visiting. We had what I consider to be raw meat, but Rafael fixed me up and put my dinner back on the oven for a few minutes. It turned out to be very tasty after a little more cooking.