New friends

Had lunch today with one of the two new employees here at the University (they both started on Monday). We're hiring 10 new people for ths start of the school year, so the place will be changing quite a bit.

This guy was really nice. A recent transplant from Canada, who grew up in Nicaragua and Panama. He was asking about the best places to live in the Ciudad (hahahahahahahaha) and about safety in the Ciudad (hahahahahahahahaha). I told him that as a guy who speaks Spanish, he'll probably be better, safety-wise, than I was. He laushed and said that with his accent, they know he's a foreigner the moment he opens his mouth. So I told him about my experience watching my student get robbed, and he, get this, apologized to me. He felt personally offended that the Central American culture had let me down. Huh. He also complemented me on my Spanish. Again I say, huh.

All I have to say is, YoE, stop laughing.