Wow, the time has really flown by! I have learned so much more Spanish than I would have thought possible, and still have huge amounts left to learn. I´m in the mood for a light hearted blog, so here are some random interesting things that have happened in or around buses during our trip:
- Carissa pushed a man off of a bus because he was bothering us (every time we tell this story people look at us with new respect)
- We took the wrong bus once and a nice lady helped us—I´m convinced she was sent by God. She let us get of the bus with her and told us which bus to take, grabbed her kids from kindergarten and waited with us until the bus came. She even told a fellow passenger to help us get off at the right spot. We thanked her a lot and I hugged her goodbye.
- We took the wrong bus a different time and then had to wait 20 minutes for the next bus
- We took the right bus and still had to wait 20 minutes
- We tried to take the bus from the wrong spot
- We tried to take the bus from the right spot and had to wait 20 minutes, only to find out that the 300 bus route no longer exists
- The bus throws us completely into the air when we got over bumps sometimes
- I frequently get pushed into other seats while I´m trying to walk, hence many bruises on my legs (Carissa´s not as clumsy)
- Not actually a bus, but once we rode home from church with 12 people and a parrot
- Then later we rode from a different church to a park with 18 people in a different minivan
- Waiting for buses + wet streets = occasionally getting splashed with street water
- I met two girls from North Carolina and had a long conversation with them
- We didn´t know which bus to take or where to get off and we asked people and they helped us (this happens a lot)
- We didn´t know which bus to take or where to get off and we asked people and they didn´t help us (this also happens sometimes)
- We tried a new bus route to school today and liked it.
Okay, that´s all pretty boring, but I promise I´m write more substantial stuff later. I love you all!
Marcella
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Okay, this is Marcella again. Just FYI, I do know how to spell (but sometimes when I type at internet cafes here the keyboards are gimpy and when I type fast it messes things up). Anyway, I have two more items to add to my bus list:
1) Yesterday I hailed a bus, and a guy in the slug bug right in front of the bus opened his door and he drove past and suggestively offered us a place in his car. It was rather amusing.
2) This morning we rode a bus that had at least 60 people on it (maybe more). There are about 35 seats in the bus. It was crowded.
I love the bus stories!! I haven't ridden a bus here yet, but today I will! I have had wonderful transportation experiences, though...cramming 19 people in a truck that really only comfortably holds 10-12...with 17 of those people not wearing seat belts, of course...
Hey I love you and I'll get to see you in like 10 days...
Be good, be safe, and please don't get in cars with people suggestively offering you a place...Have a great week!!
Oh, Marcella, I LOVED all your stories! Life is made up of so many little things; don't be afraid to share them!
Wow, crazy bus stories! Perhaps I should ride a few in Houston so I at least have a fighting chance at successfully going somewhere in one in foreign lands...
Sounds like you've been bus-y (groan!)!!!!
Looking forward to seeing you soon, Marcella!
Love you,
Karen
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