Good morning

Good morning! It's about 8:45 am here now, and the day is beginning. Mark is awake, but not up yet. He slept better last night, but I'm not sure yet how much better. We also had to keep the door closed when we slept, as the mosquitos here are HUGE (four time larger than at home, I am SURE of it!), and they eat ME alive if the door is open. It's too bad, as the breeze keeps our room cooler at night, and we are living without air-conditioning. In fact, the only place I've been that has had air-conditioning is the university computer lab, and they said that they had only just had it installed very recently!

The days are very bright here, very early. I would like to be able to go to the balcony in the morning when I have my tea, but it's already so bright, and the reflection of the sun off of the stones of the buildings amplifies the sun's brightness, so it's not comfortable at all to be out in it. The hottest part of the day is between about 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm (just like at home, I guess). My favorite part of the day is after 5:00 pm, when the sun begins to get lower in the sky...leading to the sunset. The breezes come up and make it very nice to sit outside. In fact, we sometimes have dinner outside on the front porch! They will put tiny tables outside and we will sit together very close and talk while we eat under the indigo of the night sky. I love that. And the house is sitting very high off of the ground, so we have a good view of the city lights.

It looks like we're having breakfast, so I must run. I will write again tonight and tell you of the events of the day.

Miss you all very, very much...

V