Zinc rooftops

The rooftops here are made of zinc. Zinc has some very interesting characteristics. First, when the cats from the neighboring rooftop jump onto my rooftop, it makes a very very loud noise. As some of you well know, I am a sound sleeper. The cats, however, are breaking my concentration! Also, when it rains, that gentle thud of rain on the roof that we are used to in the US, is replaced by a loud pattering of rain on metal. It`s quite an experience. And though roosters are only supposed to crow in the morning, this is a misconception. They actually crow all night. I know because I hear them all night. I haven`t seen any roosters yet, but I have no doubt as to their existence.

The students that I will be supervising arrive on Thursday, and we will be giving them orientation Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday. It should be pretty interesting, I am excited to meet some of them. One participant ran her own hostel in Spain for a year, I`m sure she has some cool stories. I`ll be sure to keep everyone posted, don`t worry.

I think it is going to rain here this afternoon. Its good when it rains because it cools things down a bit. Big news, I put on a long sleeve shirt the other night because I was a bit chilly. My host mom found that to be quite funny. I think it was because I got sunburned however. The sun here is very strong. So me and the sunblock have become good friends.