The Doorman

Before we came here we told people we would have a doorman at our new home.  It seemed by people's reactions they had assumptions by what we meant by doorman.  Maybe a man with top hat and tails waiting at our beck and call.

Here a doorman is not really a luxury, but a necessity.  Our landlord required us to hire one (he shares the cost), and we do find him especially helpful because we don't know the language or how things work yet.  Not only does he answer the door at our front gate (future post), he also pays our bills, runs errands, does odds and ends, etc.  Our doorman is the brother of our American friend's doorman.  They are both from an area in the mountains in the north.  Back in 2005 their house was destroyed by the earthquake.  We hope to visit his village sometime in the future.