THE BIG NEWS

Hello there fellow travelers! Let's get the people details out of the way first: Daniel (the Swiss-German) and Marco (the Costa Rican) both left today. Two students are taking their places in the next 24 hours; a Venezuelan and a Taiwanese who are 15 and 16 years old, respectively.

That leaves us at max capacity still with six students: Marcos the old Brazilian, Mikhail the skinny Russian, Gregoire the slightly effeminate French boy, Michele the so-social-I-don't-see-him-for-days French boy, and the two newcomers who I have yet to meet.

Daniel was awesome. He actually bought me a beautiful guest book and filled in the first two pages about his time here and included some nice words of thanks. He wrote "At the beginning you showed me that I can ask you whatever I want and be honest with you. I appreciated that a lot." Aww, isn't that nice? And with such good grammar, too!

I wish he could have stayed longer.

I have some interesting news that may shock and astound you. The owner of my house is thinking about quitting his relations with the foreign school and renting to college students where there is plenty of money to be found (in supportive parents' wallets). I might not host foreign students come September!

If this house turns into a college dorm-type dwelling I'm not sure what will become of this host daddy. But I will keep you informed.