Long waits and large crowds in government offices are not much fun anywhere. But here in Puerto Rico, the crowds seem larger and the waiting times longer. After 3 hours, my patience was wearing thin.
Then this guy came in.
A street musician totally entertained us with one song after another, with a short pause in between for a poem and a joke.
Here is my loose translation of one of them:
"Love is blind, we are often taught,
But remember friend, the neighbors are not."
Thank-you Puerto Rican Government employees for not chasing him out of the building. I guess you too needed that breath of fresh air to keep your sanity.
The instrument is the Puerto Rican cuatro. It has 5 pairs of strings and a sweet ringing tone.
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