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  San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Note: As most of you know, Paul has written most of the travel logs, with Laura acting only as the editor. This next entry is strictly a Laura entry.

Monday morning, as we were eating our huevos revueltos (a rather violent name for scrambled eggs if you ask me...) I started getting homesick. It is hard to have to think every time you open your mouth. (Since I'm the one who "speaks" Spanish, and I use that term loosely, I've been doing most of the talking. Paul is actually doing quite well...although the other day he said "Ay que vayo" which is basically a completely made up term that combines the Spanish "Ay Carumba" and the Jewish "Oye Vey!" into this weird expression. Even more weird, I understood exactly what he meant.) So, I was sitting there, at Don Juan's Cafe, and I started to miss home. I missed having Ali the intern pick up my sushi lunch for me and eating it with full abandon (I hate to admit I had the intern pick up my lunch for me, but so it goes...) I missed meeting my girlfriends for lunch or dinner

a SMG Church and Cathedral

. I missed my parents and their ability to go from Spanish to English without a single thought. I missed having more than two pairs of pants to choose from. I missed being able to brush my teeth with the water that so effortlessly flows from the faucet. I started getting teary eyed and tried to hide it from Paul. He remained quite calm, pretended he didn't notice (It was the classic guy move...Oh crap, she's crying, what do I do...I know! (Ay que vayo!) I'll just pretend like she's not crying!) Actually, he was great - very comforting. So after feeling like I had failed somehow for missing home so soon, we finished our breakfast and headed to San Miguel de Allende. Fast forward an hour later and we are in San Miguel, a beautiful colonial town with lots of ex pats, American and Canadians. I saw not one, but two English papers! A bagel place! Rubios/blondes, shorts...I heard really bad Spanish, spoken very slowly and with terrible accents! There were Italian restaurants, Chinese restaurants, shops with English signs - the whole works. I could tell Paul was pleased as he had a secret little smile on his face. My response...I looked right at him and said "Dude - let's get out of here. I don't like this place...way too many gringos here!" Paul looked at me in shock! We decided to stay and give it a try for a few days. And actually, I'm really enjoying it. I'll let Paul tell you all about it!

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b Laura at the Market	c Larger than LIfe	d diablo	e SMdA
f Hildalgo Square	g Poinsettia Mkt	h Cafe	i SMdA Street Scene
j Night at the church

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