Heartfelt Reunions

I am currently sitting in the lobby of the hotel with everyone else while our bus situation is figured out. We were given a tiny little bus that won't fit all of us and our luggage. Right now Dennis is figuring everything out because that's just what he does. Listening to him talk to whoever these people are on the phone is like listening to a well played symphony.

Last night, Abdo and Louis came to the hotel and picked Katie, Miggy, Lauren, and I up to head over to Abdo's house. It is an absolutely amazing house and we discovered Deryn there (*insert heartfelt reunions here)! We all hung out in the hot tub for a while and chatted about life and then headed out to a chic little sports bar (Abdo's younger brother accompanied us, he's a cool kid). When we got in we were pleasantly surprised to find a large group of friends from the dialogue there too. It was nice to watch the game (0-0, but France played better) and the mix of people from home and new friends we've spent the last 6 weeks with was refreshing. Our group headed to the shisha bar afterwards and then back to Abdo's house for a well deserved sleep.

This morning we had an excellent breakfast and wished his mom and dad (who are the nicest people) goodbye. After some more heartfelt goodbyes until Tuesday we went our separate ways, which for us was the grocery store and monetary exchange place. The grocery store was a little touch of home and shocked us with all the food we're not used to having here and, Gasp!, efficiency at the registers. It was pretty beautiful. Now, we sit and wait for a bit. Seven days until home.