Hello all!!! So, this is my first BLOG while being abroad. Exciting stuff. The title comes from my bus ride from Madrid, Spain to Caceres where I live and teach. I sat next to a "older" lady (40 or so) who was going to Caceres for the Med Evil festival. Spanish people do a lot more touching then Americans and have much smaller personal bubbles. At first I thought the lady was hitting on me (not really) but I did think it was interesting that she grabbed and touched my arm about every minute or so. This is very common in most conversations with friends and with strangers. I am known to be a close talker and sort of a toucher as well, so this bodes well with me. The lady on the bus and I had a conversation for an hour or so I got to know all about the Med Evil festival before I even arrived. Well, that is that.
The three guys in the photo are my roommates from left to right : Victor a.k.a. Licra, Jesus a.k.a. Piru, Jaunto and Gui-leif (guiri is slang for white English speaking person) This pic was taken after a game of Parcheesi. We each have our lucky hats on.
1 comment:
yeah! post more blogs dude...i want to hear about your journey. people also like to touch here in ghana. and by touching, i mean resting there heads to take a nap on my shoulder, or grabbing my arm when i don't respond to "hey baby" but my favorite is the tro tro ride home where you sit between two other naked arms with sweat connecting us all...gotta love ghana. i'm happy to see your smile.
:)sherri
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