Go Spartys..

The training is going well. I'm learning some Arabic, French, and a bit of Italian as the other trainers practice our lesson plans on us. And, of course, some Swahili, but only enough to say "Hi. My name is Ryan. It is great to meet you!" and then stand awkwardly until a native Swahilian ? figures out I don't really speak the language.

I moved into my hotel, and it's nice to be able to lay my stuff out and get organized. I made my first supermarket purchase -- kilo of apples, small loaf of sunflower seed bread, and a jar of Nutella -- all for 4 Euro - something. It was my dinner last night and breakfast this morning. I also purchased an alarm clock yesterday because without a cell phone or watch, my only way of waking up was keeping the curtains open for the sun. That, and wake myself up every half our or so to see what time it was.
Tonight, I'll probably go out with my trainee friends who are not going home for the weekend -- Hamburg, mostly -- and somehow keep myself awake for the Michigan State game at 2.30...

That's all for now. Time to prepare my lesson plan demo. Bis bald! Ryan