Sunday, June 11, 2006

Hamburger loving foreigners

It is so hot here.

Geographically you wouldn't think it. But we are in one of three of the hottest cities in this country.
(in the summer)
Yesterday we arrived back to our city after some travelling and just before getting off the train we were standing in what felt like air coming out of a hot air vent. I thought we must be standing by a machine or something generating heat, and I was anxious to get off the train into the cool air outside. So, it was rather surprising to get off the train and discover that there was no cool air, the stream of hot air was coming from outside. It was an unusual sensation.

Thankfully our apartment isn't too hot. It is pretty comfortable for the most part.

The train ride back was nice. Had a funny little thing happen. A lady came around selling ice cream and hamburgers. The guy next to us bought something from her, then she asked if he wanted a hamburger too. He replied that the foreigners could have the hamburger. My husband started to laugh. The guy didn't realize that we could understand him, till that point , and he was embarrassed and apologized.

THis is a good reminder for me to watch myself, as we say a lot of things that we assume no one around us understands because we are speaking in english. Yeeps. Caution necessary.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, K,
Man, it's getting pretty hot here too...but you've probably got me beat on that one. ;)
We've started packing up our house a little bit and it's kind of amusing that we're packing and moving our stuff...and some of yours. *grin*.
Hope you have a marvelous day!
Ames