wow, so much happens in just a few days, not sure where to start.

Right now we are in the internet cafe of G´s college. It´s super nice here, really modern and clean. There is quite a range in this city, and everyone keeps asking me if I can see the difference in the neighborhoods/areas of the city, and also my first impressions. I guess the first impressions are that it´s HOT, and the whole attitude here is more casual.

We went to a party 2 nights ago, for just a few minutes, mostly for G to meet up with his best friend Ilsy. She´s super cute! It was some sort of pre-carnival thing, so people had the tradional costumes. It was neat, but pretty crazy and overwhelming. I have a hard time understanding, but this was near to impossible with the volume of the music. I felt so rude, G would turn to me to confirm something, and not only had I not been following the conversation at all, I hadn`t even been trying to pay attention. blah. we only stayed a little while anyway, and we met Ilsy again today at the University, and we´ll see her again, so there´s more time.

His family has been feeding me all sorts of fun and strange new foods. Mostly fruits and breads and juices. Some of the tropical fruits are a bit too weird for me, but I like pretty much all the bread stuff.

Last night we went to a soccer match. 'Pibe' is a super famous player in Colombia and last night was his retirement game. It was his friends from Colombia vs his friends from the world, and ended in a 3-3 tie. Pretty much a friendly match, lots of fun, and you could tell how much everyone really loved him. 60,00+ people in the stadium! woof! totally packed! people were sitting in the aisles. The trademark of Pibe is his blonde 'fro' hairdo, very easy to pick out, even from high up in the stadium! a bunch of the cheerleaders did a bit where they were all wearing blonde curly wigs. fun fun.

today was my first experience on the public bus system. yikes! kind of like being IN Mario Cart or something. The bus driver driving like he was losing a race or something, barely stopping for anything! The busses are all fun and colorful looking, but a bit scary to ride, or cross the street in front of. I can´t believe G had to ride the bus every day to University. I guess you´d get a bit used to it, but still. And I haven´t figured out how you tell them apart as far as routes, ect. they all seem different looking............ ah well. Not like I`m going to ride it alone or anything!