SO. I've basically been gearing up for vaycay next week, thats pretty much the story of my life. It seems like in ORDER to leave or go anywhere you have to kind of get your vacation desk in order and your fun-face on, haha. Being new to the 'real world' I think its probably something everyone feels like they go through, probably not unique to Thailand, just my life.
Today I got a fun chance to hang out with an SM from Bogota, Colombia named Brenda. I was so worried my Spanish would suffer when I came here and I looked at Spanish speaking options for countries to go to when I finally realized I would "go" somewhere. Amazingly I've made so many Spanish friends I haven't had the option to forget it yet!
We went to this Christmas program at the Ekamai International School Church and got to listen to a lot of the students and teachers sing carols, not helping the NOT-home-for-the-holidays-syndrome thats for sure, but it was cute. After we grabbed a bite to eat at this Thai restaurant Green House that Brenda hadn't been to yet and met up with Andrew to go to Lumpini Park in the center of the city. After looking at a map I kinda realize its a lot like Golden Gate Park, kind of a city community hub/activity park. As luck would have it we ended up going during an International Street Show! Basically there were about fifteen mini-stages set up all around the park and different street preformers from different countries at each one. We saw a CREEPY puppet show from Laos, a Thai clown, Aussie Kangaroo's on stilts and some Scandanavian acrobatics!!! The only downside to the day was the heat...so intense today. I think humidity had to be 90% it felt like breathing water...
Our park day ended with a Christmas bon-fire at the Venns and some amazing lentil stew and guava fruit. How is it that all I can talk about is food when I think of Thailand?
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