Food

I am sure that of you are wondering what I have been eating over here. No, I haven't eaten any gozo. I have actually eaten all normal American food - pizza, hamburgers, soup (nice on a 90 degree day!), mac and cheese, etc. Last night for dessert was had homemade ice cream. It's not as good as cold stone, but it tasted pretty good here. Today we had homemade cinnamon rolls. We have eaten lots of cucumbers and had a fresh papaya too. Overall, I won't be losing any weight while I am here unless I sweat it off.
This morning we walked to a French Cafe, Le Grand Cafe, and had breakfast. It is an internet cafe with some great pastries and air conditioning. We had a great breakfast - I had a ham and cheese croissant. It was great.
It is really hot here, which I expected. But it seems strange to see Christmas lights when it is so hot. This afternoon the power was off (actually the power is off every afternoon from about 3 pm until 9 pm.) So, we didn't have any hot water (the generator will run the lights, but not the hot water heater.) I took a freezing shower and it felt great! We were having leftovers for supper, so we had to turn off all the lights and unplug everything we could, so we could use the microwave to heat up our pizza. It's funny how things are so modern here, yet so antiquated at the same time.
Overall, things are going well. I love it here. I find it funny that my mind always translates what I want to say into Spanish - but that doesn't help either. Both languages I know are no help to me here :) Despite not being able to communicate in French or Sango, a smile really is the universal language.