Paiiiiiihia

Jen -

Yes, as Liz said, Paihia is going quite "smashingly." It's been getting warmer and sunnier, work at the restaurant is going GREAT (I poured my first bottle of wine at a table yesterday - ha!!), the town is getting busier and busier every day, and it seems like our cleaning crew at the hostel has become a little family. We've got Fio and Holly from Peru, Jaime and Lewis from Scotland, and Sky from Canada.  Last night, Liz and I tried on Jaime and Lewis's kilts from Scotland - HA! The kilts weren't their families' "plaids"; I guess in Scotland you don't get those until you turn 21. We also learned how to play rugby yesterday and so today we've organized a game on the village green with the rest of the backpackers from the hostel. Oh! Liz and I made nachos yesterday and no one had any idea what they were! We had a girl from Germany and our two friends from Scotland just watching us make them. It was great. 

So - yes. Things are much better, although "no worries", we still miss you all back at home. :)  

Oh. And I just got finished helping Jaime play a prank on Lewis. It looks like that worm is definitely going to come in handy sometime soon....... :)


Paihia:

Ryona, the owner’s 8 year old daughter, thought it was HILARIOUS that our Scottish friend Jamie had a “skirt” just like hers. Jaime and Lewis even wore their kilts on the plane here. You should have heard the practically epic stories about how itchy the wool was on the plane.

Oh. And of course, they wear their kilts the real way: no underwear. People who wear underwear aren’t wearing kilts; they’re wearing skirts.