Flies

Weird title, right?  Just something that hit me a unusual the other day and I am finally getting around to writing about it.  So far all of you know that I love this country and I am sad that I will be leaving it soon.

Something I noticed was that flies survive here in the wintertime and it can't be because it doesn't get cold.  I gets cold here.  I was sitting at this computer this morning and watching my breath.  It is actually colder in the house, most of the time, than it is outside.  Imagine going outside to warm up?

I am not sure if I have mentioned this other peculuarity about this place.  People rarely knock on your door.  If they want your attention, they stand just on the other side of the property line and clap their hands.  Once you acknowledge them, you ask them to come to the door.  

Another thing that is different.  When I used to do a sinus clearing.  Actually breathing in water so I can clear my upper sinuses, I know some of you have actually done this.  When I used to do it in and around Austin thing really stinked.  Down here the air is so clear that after I do it, nothing changes; it is still sweet smelling.  If I could use that as a description, because I don't actually smell anything.  Not really looking forward to moving back to the polluted air of the US.

I am nervous about going back.  I know that I am going to suffer some kind of culture shock when I step off the plane in Miami.  I am not sure what it will be but thinking about it makes me nervous.  I am not accustomed to being around large groups of people.  I was a the parade that celebrated 150 years that Paysandu, Uruguay has existed; the streets were lined with practically everyone that lives in this city and I was not bothered in the least, but thinking about stepping into a crowed airport is another story.

I will try to keep you all more closely apprised of what is happening.