The Naked Man

The first day I got to Leon, my friend Christine was showing me around, telling me all the places to go and avoid, etc etc. Well she told me a very interesting story about a man who always walks around the city with no clothes on "el hombre sin ropas". Apparently, wherever he was, I should avoid him...because he isn´t the biggest fan of foreigners. However days passed, and weeks, and then over a month, and I still had not seen the naked man, which made me think that perhaps he was just a myth, sort of like the Loch Ness Monster. HOWEVER, I am pleased? disturbed? amused? to inform you that yesterday at 6:20 in the morning, as I was walking to the bus stop to go to work...I saw The Naked Man. Finally! And just so that you don´t think "Oh it could have been any naked man", I assure you, he was the real deal. How do I know? Well the spread eagle manner in which he was sprawled out on his back, as well as my astounding observational skills, informed me that this man wasn´t just naked for a day, or a week, he had been naked for a very long time. An evenly colored dark brown from head to toe, this man was a nude-beachers dream. So as any smart person would do, I crossed to the other side of the street...just in case he awoke from his naked slumbers to give me a naked beat down. Interesting way to start the day off!

Also, a bum (not naked) came into Las Tias yesterday (where I teach english in the afternoon) and for twenty minutes I watched in awe as the Tias (aunties) fussed at him and beat him with a long stick. We were all rather amused, including the bum.

ALSO, two little girls stood and pointed at me for ten minutes today while I was waiting for the camioneta to leave work, whispering "Mira!!! Una gringa!!!!" (Look!!! A gringa/white person/american!!!). I decided if I ever see an alien, I will not point and stare and say "Look, an alien!"...because it´s not very nice.

I suppose that´s all the excitement for now. 6 DAYS UNTIL JAKE COMESSSS!! Adiossssss.