A short note on reading...

A comment from my roommate on my last post prompted this one. She asked where I had been getting these books. Did I bring them with me?

This Is Your Brain on Music I brought with me. I had been meaning to read it for a while, so I thought I'd take it along in case I had any free time. Unfortunately, that it the only book I brought. I guess I didn't expect to have this much leisure time! In any case, Don Udo's has a shelf full of books that visitors have left over the years. Patrons are welcome to leave a book, and take one with them. As I don't have any books to leave behind, I've just been borrowing from the shelf and returning the books once I've finished.

The books I find intriguing are few and far between. The vast majority of books on the shelf are romance novels or war novels. This is actually pretty common of the book exchanges around town. A few different shops have their own book exchanges where you can pick up a new book and leave one behind for a small fee. There's actually a book exchange here at Maya Connections, complete with a sign that reads, "Please, no more romance novels!" I guess even Latin America can only take so much.

Anyway, just a short update for now. But in the next couple of days there will be more about cat calls, Carrizalon, the children's museum, and the horrors of shopping for souvenirs when you're a picky archaeologist. So stay tuned.
Alyce