I struck up a Spanglish conversation with this guy as i wandered in any old direction around the cemetery.
I think...he is one of a number of custodians who are paid by the families with Mausoleums to clean and maintain the shrines. He had a magnificent wad of keys in his hand, and while having his smoko, offered to unlock and show me inside. His name is Federico.
It's funny, even though i ask people to speak slowly...despacio... and simply....mas facil...they seem to take no notice, and if anything speed up! But, my ears are starting to tune in, and slowly - despacio- i am building up a little store of desperately useful words and phrases.
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