Hillarities (at least to us)
First, let me say thank you for the prayers re: getting a phone line and internet at our house. We are half-way there...today our phone line was installed so here´s hoping that tomorrow we will be able to find out what our number is and get our internet up and running!! Hooray! Keep the prayers coming!
Second, a couple of quick observations:
1. Down here, when you want kids to smile, they don´t say ¨queso¨. Nope, they say güisky (not sure about that spelling) - which when translated means...yep, you guessed it, whiskey. So today, as we took pictures of the preschoolers at the village Altagracia, we said over and over, with a smile and rising voice inflection ¨güiski¨. Fantastic.
2. Everything down here comes in a plastic bag. If you buy ANYTHING and it can possibly fit in a plastic bag, it goes in one, and often, each item gets a bag and then those bags collectively go into a larger bag. It´s wild. And, when we say we don´t need one, we often get a look like ¨are you serious? Why not?¨ Well today, we saw the bagged item to end all bagged items. A puppy, probably 5 weeks old, in a bag...I should say it was quite safe, the upper half was not in the bag and everyone was petting and holding it, but in the bag of course. Awesome.
That´s all for tonight. Hopefully tomorrow we´ll greet you from our house!!
Love,
M&K
2 comments:
SO when you buy plastic bags, do they come in a plastic bag with complementary whiskey?
YEAH, what's the deal?!!! I've noticed too and it's really funny watching the bagger guys at the grocery stores. But even at the colmado just across the street from our house! Unless it's a piece of candy, they insist on giving you a bag...as if I can't carry a head of garlic across the street. Funny stuff!
Julio surprised us yesterday rolling up in your guys' new "SUPER FLY" ride! Yay for wheels!
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