Rainy Day-nes

Well thank God for Danish people. There is one staying in our hotel for a couple days (he came for the beaches and sun on his way around the world for six months - we had to tell him about the rainy mess he walked into.) But the most important thing was we HUNG OUT. Crazy I know. I haven't just hung out with a member of the male population of this planet since I left the US. It was a much needed breath of fresh air.

Plus, he was an IB kid too. He took a ton of the same classes that Frances and I did, he just happened to take them in Danish and half a world away from us. But it was funny talking about what our Theory of Knowledge classes were like and what our senior papers were about. It was a blast from the past but with a Danish twist. We graduated the same year but he has been working and traveling the world. But he is excited to go to school and get paid by his government to do it. And his jaw absolutely dropped when he heard how much college costs in the U.S. While he is going to be getting paid 1000 euros a month.

It is hard to stay focused on writing this paper because we are in this hotel with a lot of rain and this town is mostly comprised of outdoor places. So leaving and working somewhere is hard but sitting on the bed and working is conducive to...absolutely no work whatsoever. Not to mention that in the process of attempting to change my email password I actually got locked out of my email. Not really sure what I'm going to do about that one but it is fairly important, especially at this stage in the game.

Oh and electronic Jingle Bells at the supermarket gets old REALLY fast.

I used an umbrella for the first time in an incredibly long time today. One of the nice hotel men lent it to me in a downpour. It was mildly embarrassing though because due to my utter lack of experience with umbrellas, I couldn't figure out how to open it at first. But Brazilians all huddle under cover during the rain (even the ones with umbrellas) so when we step out into it they basically think we are insane. Especially umbrella-less. That really gets them talking.