danidesande 5 days ago The Balcony Four nights, a dead air conditioner, and a man on the balcony across a plaza in Spain. He has been awake for an hour, and there is no point pretending he will fall asleep. The air conditioner died after lunch, after a short rattle and a long sigh. He opened the window, and the warm air outside has not moved since. Bochorno, the locals here have been calling it. He went down to the reception in the afternoon after the unit stopped working. The lift was out of service. A yellow paper sign was taped to the bra...