In case you didn't know. We FINALLY bought a car. Very exciting news around here. It's been two months now, but I haven't gotten around to blogging about it.

This is our salesman, who Peter worked with for a few weeks to get the deal done. Shaik Ali, from Egypt. Super cool dude. With a shiney, skin tight suit, skinny leg pants, really pointy shoes and braces. We actually really like him.

Buying a car here, like most things, is quite a trick. It took weeks to get what we wanted, get the paperwork, etc. Well, you can guess, when a place is only open 2.5 hours in the morning, then 1.5 hours in the late afternoon, then and hour, then a few more at night - it's really hard to get anything done. Let alone buy a car. But we did. This is the show room. Just thought it'd be fun to show you. (take a look up close at the people in the shots - that's always fun)

I think I've told you how these guys LOVE, I mean LOOOOVE Crown Victoria's. I really didn't even know they still made them. Oh. Don't you worry - they do. Here's a picture of a maroon one. I have NO idea why they like them. But it is the car of choice in this country.

This is 'the lot'. It is so dirty and dusty here that the actual lot is a parking garage underneath the dealer. I was actually pretty impressed. Kind of modern.

The other thing these people LOVE to do, and all awesome Crown Vic's have in them, is to keep the plastic on the seats as long as possible. And I'm not talking months here, I'm talking YEARS. There are even places you can get plastic re-installed. Do NOT ask me why. I can't figure it out for the life of me. But just for fun, I took a picture of the new car - delivered to us at the dealer, with the plastic still on every seat. I can't see it here, but each cover said, "Proudly made in the U.S.A." Love it! Peter thought it'd be fun to keep the plastic on as a joke for a while. I lasted about a day before I went nuts. I felt like if any of us took too deep of a breath we were going to suffocate; like a giant grocery sack on our heads. Needless to say, it didn't last long.

And here's the beauty in person. She's a good one. It's a Ford Expedition EL, so like the length of the Suburban. We've owned an Expedition in the states for several years now, but have always wanted more room in the back. And this has it.

We've been to town a lot more. And it's great for running errands, grocery shopping, and kid to practices. I'm about ready to teach Sam to drive it, just in case of an emergency. You know how here, it's pretty much 'when you can reach the pedal, you can drive'. Well, he' s there and I can't drive off camp. Anyway. It's been a big change of life for us here. It's made it much easier. No more taxis and a lot less bike. Unless I want to ride my bike, which today, I did.

See you next time. *honk*honk*