"So... anyone else notice our french teacher has six fingers?"
"Oooh, this one looks good. Granted, the first ingredient is lard, but we can look past that."
"Well the thing about genetics is that it all comes out in the wash."
"On the way back, the waves will be twice as high because of the wind. See how every one else has gone back already?"
Some of the everyday sensory elements of living here that build on each other are the call to prayer 5 times daily, incense being burned and food being cooked in so many open places that it's hard to tell where these smells are all coming from, at night there seems to always be some sort of celebration or baptism somewhere - in the street or on a rooftop patio people are drumming or chanting together with a rhythm that builds on itself and has a life grander than sum of the contribution of each individual.
If any of you haven't had the chance to check out the links to other folks' blogs on the menu on the right, Michelle updates hers with religious regularity. She's a great writer and includes more photos.
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Knowing there are places where such stimulation of the senses can be experienced continuously makes it hard to come back and accept 'everyday / normal' life. In short, I want to be there! Want my senses to be overwhelmed (and sometimes assualted as Im sure happens...!).
I guess ill have to wait till the all American roadtrip I heard about next summer!!
The Irish chick
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