So much to say....

Amy here.... Over the last few days I have seen so many new and exciting things that I have so much to share! First of all, I'm so thankful for how well my kids are doing. One of my biggest concerns about moving here was how my kids would respond to being surrounded, touched, held, and photographed by locals who had never seen American kids, especially twins. Now, I realize we haven't even been here a week yet, but my children are doing wonderfully! They are quick to smile (Alex usually yells, "Cheese!") when the cameras come out. They have fun saying hello again and again in their new language, and even Peter has been OK when a local picks him up and has even been seen running in to the arms of a person squatting down with arms open wide. Shocker!

This was about the 15th pic that my kids had posed for in this one shop. At the moment Alex is around the corner yelling, "BUG!" while laughing and stomping!

Another really fun thing about our city is the quick and cheap snacks that are available around every corner. There are tons of little shops that sell bottled water ($.12), soda ($.25), and pineapple ($.12 for a quarter of a pineapple on a stick.) That's what Savannah is eating to the right. And, I'm happy to report that there are several pineapple vendors right across the street from our new apartment. Unfortunately, they don't have napkins next to the pineapple, so we get pretty creative in wiping off sticky juice as it runs down our chins!

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I had my first experience with local food recently. I will confess that I ate and extra large breakfast that morning, just in case I couldn't handle it. But, I was so pleasantly surprised. It was really yummy!! We even ate something that resembled fajitas, one of my all time favorite foods. It was pork that was cut in strips, cooked and seasoned in a wok, that you eat wrapped in a "tortilla" that has been made out of egg. Sounds a little strange, but actually quite tasty! There were several other dishes served as well, all of which were good! I left the table quite full! Unfortunately, we didn't make a note of the names of those yummy dishes so last night when we went to the restaurant in our hotel by ourselves, we were lost! But, there was a guy sitting near us that spoke English. He was very helpful. Both dishes he ordered for us were OK. One had a more bones than we'd like, but the other our kids devoured! We made sure we got the name of that one.

Well, I have many more experiences and photos to share, but they'll have to wait for another day. We promised our kids McD's for breakfast, so we're about to head out the door!