You never know who you will run into....

We spent most of Monday renewing our visa. We were doing fine until we got to immigration and discovered that they changed the rules (no surprise) and we now needed a new piece of paper. So we had to sit there for 2 hours until our lawyer could bring us a copy of that paper. So that was about it for that day! The great surprise is that we got a visa for one year and we don't have to go every three months for renewal.


Wednesday (today) was spent renewing our driver license! Thanks to friends who told us we could renew them in a town very near us we actually showed up and both of us renewed our license in about one hour. The testing in this location was a bit different than at our previous location but it sure was faster! We were happy that we also got our license for an entire year because our visa is good for one year!


After we got our license we headed into town to meet with our lawyer,pick up another set of papers and pick up some lunch with them. We decided to eat at the Amador Causeway, at Lenos & Carbon. We drove through the three little islands, Naos, Pelicano and finally FLamenco where the restaurant was located. There is an incredible yatch club there and amazing boats that dock there.


As we finished lunch our lawyer a VIP was pointed out to us and it was suggested we say hello on our way out. Who was this person????? his name is Manny Sanguillen also known as "Sangy." He was the catcher for the Pirates ('70-'78) and played with Stargell and Candelaria but mostly was best friend with Roberto Clemente. He even dove in the waters when Clemente's plane went down in an effort to try and find him. He currently helps the Pirates train catchers and heads out back to training camp tomorrow. We found him to be the nicest person, for being so well known, he was a very simple and friendly. He did like the fact that we had gone to West Virginia University as he LOVES the Mountaineers. Manny hails from Colon, Panama and made a few comments about me being from Puerto Rico.

As we left he asked if we had a camera so we could take our photo and as we chit chatted in the parking lot, Manny and his friends pulled out in their car and once again stopped, shook our hands and wished us well. What an awesome person!