Rude Awakenings

Today I was woken up at 5 am by loud music from across the street. When I looked out of the window I saw that it was some people standing in front of a store blasting some rap music. I was shocked because that would not be tolerated in the United States. I thought it was rude and when I asked my host mom about it in the morning she said she slept right though it! I guess it is overlooked here. I have heard a horror story though from another girl in the program. She lives next door to a hotel that rents rooms by the hour. Let's just say that she doenst get much sleep at night b/c of all the noise! ewwwwwwwwww.

Yesterday, we had to do a scavenger hunt for orientation. Part of the hunt was to ask locals a few questions about a monument. My friend and I asked two police men and they nicely answered our questions. However, they wanted something in return. As we turned to leave they were like "kiss me, kiss me." Needless to say, we just walked away laughing.

Another funny story is when Sarah and I were walking around the downtown area. Different resturants were passing out flyers and whatnot and being a rookie I took a lot of them. After taking a flyer yet walking by a resturant the guy started calling us beautiful to get us to come back. The select english words that are used are in halarious situations!

A semi scary story was when I was walking home from class in the rain. Some guy honked at me (even though I had on a ton of clothes! and looked like crap from the rain) and I just ignored him. Then he did it again, and I blocked my view of him with my umbrella and pretended I was going to cross the street the other way. Well, he kept being obnoxious and then pulled over to park! When I saw this I ran across the street and got out my rape whistle that my dad got me. haha. It's great. Anyway, I dont know where he went but I made it home ok. :)

One thing I have noticed about a lot of the other kids in the program from conversation is that I am definately out of Hope's bubble and now in the minority. lol. I think that this will be an interesting semester. There is a bar crawl tomorrow and it is study abroad night and I think that I will be attending. It will be quite an experience!

INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY: You have to pay for water at resturants. I dont think they do tap water so if you'd like water you have to buy it in a bottle. KILLER. I usually try to be cheap and drink water back home.