If I Join it, I Will Come

Or at least, that's the plan.

The school has a relationship with a couple of fitness clubs in the area. The one that is closest and that also has a pool with a swim-up bar - something new in the fitness regimen for me, but hey, that's why I travel - is the Dominican Fiesta. Oh yes, it appears also to have a casino.

Anyhoo, today, I joined. There is a good gym, several fitness classes at reasonable hours, and the aforementioned pool. There are also these adorable red-eared turtles at the entrance. I have had a fondness for them since I was a child and was allowed to have two as pets because they were hypo-allergenic. We kept them in one of these.

Eventually, their shells got soft and they died. Quelle surprise! It turned out they carried salmonella, so I guess that was good news for us, although not for the turtles. The red-eared sliders at the Dominican Fiesta, however, are happy as clams. They grow to be bigger than a silver dollar - remember those? - and are downright frolicsome. This bodes well for the club, don't you think?

Nurturing

Frolicing

I think I can cope with this kind of crowd.