I had two adventures today and both made me laugh. I decided to get up early and head into town to explore and buy food. I headed out on my bike and 8am and stopped at a breakfast stand across the street from the grocery store because I saw sandwich's on the counter and I super wanted one. So this older man, who ran the place it looked like, saw me coming and started talking to me about something or another...I was like "Um I don't understand what you are saying but you seem really nice." Well I bought two sandwiches (one for Megan at home) and left not really knowing what was said but I think we are friends now. The owner and I. He was helpful and seemed glad to have me there. And next time I need a sandwich I will go back there and say hello.
Secondly, I was headed out to read by the ocean and the entrance to my school was being paved so I couldn't get out. After looking over the walls surrounding the school I decided the bike might break if i threw it over and then climbed the wall. So I postponed the trip to another day. As I was locking the bike back up however the school cook came up to me and started talking away...again I have no idea what she was talking about. She was carrying a mesh bag filled with something that looked like chicken strips. I know it was not chicken because I've seen this stuff laying out in the sun to dry... I don't think you should do that with chicken. Anyway, I pointed at it and asked what it was and received a detailed explanation, of which I understood nothing other than you eat it. THEN.. this woman fill my hands up with whatever it is and walks away! Um now what do I do with it?!?! HAHA Megan isn't sure what it is either. Right now it is sitting on our kitchen counter until our Taiwanese dorm mate can tell us what it is and what to do with it. I have found these events rather humorous mostly because I had no idea what was going on as they happened.
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Ha, those are good stories. There was a woman in Kosovo like that too. She would talk to us in Albanian about who knows what and we had absolutely no idea what she was saying! That didn't seem to stop her though! Take a picture of your mysterious stuff...I want to see it!
ReplyDeleteWell I threw it out because it was making our kitchen stink. Then i sprayed the kitchen all over with bath and body works fresh cherry blossom spray.. it worked. much better haha.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are getting some good face time with the local culture, That does not sound like a whole lot of fun to me, but I guess there has to be some sort of learning curve.
ReplyDeleteSo you spend time reading on the beach? sounds good, what have you been reading these days?