Lentement, s'il vous plaît!

The Bon Jovi concert was definitely the largest concert that I've ever been to. We were at least a mile from the stage and there couldn't have been less than 100,000 people there. When the concert started we were the only people around actually singing the songs. I guess no one else could really understand what was being said due to their English not being very good. We ended up chatting pretty extensively with a few people around us. The people that we meet here are always very interested in why we're here and where we came from. They also gave us some advice on where to get the most amazing ice cream. We'll be looking into that out soon.

Yesterday, we spent about 4 hours just walking around. We went to a farmers market, some used book stores and several grocery stores. We walked farther out of the old city than we ever have before and found some really neat places. By the time we got back to the hotel, our feet were screaming in pain. However, it's always worth the pain to explore.

There most interesting thing that happened in the past few days occurred in the little deli up the street from us. We had walked inside and were slowly making our way around the store when we realized that people were screaming at each other. We looked up towards the register and an old man was screaming at the top of his lungs at the cashier. I was just so amazed by the fact that they were yelling that it took me a little while to start listening. I'm not exactly sure what was being said, but I think the old man was screaming about money and maybe some being stolen from him. Another employee got involved and I think she was saying that all the workers there were good people and none of them would do that. After a little while, the old man stormed out of the store and a few moments later, the cashier followed. They continued to fight in the street and several people stopped and stared. It was so interesting to me because I hadn't really witnessed anyone being rude, loud or even angry here.

In a few hours, we're going to a museum. Tonight we made plans to go out with some people that we met here. The place that we're going to is across town near the university here. It's supposed to be Hispanic night and Fatima is very excited to get back to her roots.

Here's a picture of "the family" in front of the parliament building. We've been spending nearly every waking moment together, for better or for worse. From the left: Ashley, Julia, Claire, Laura, James, Fatima, myself, Chloe and Malcolm in the front.