Michele writes…I have returned to the mother land were I am once again amongst my people lol (all the women look just like me, 5ft tall and round 😆) My blog title best describes my day yesterday. “Let it flow.” All the planning in the world… and life still happened… and we went with the flow. Some of us better than others lol. You know that saying “the apple doesn’t fall from the tree”, well I have seen that play out in real life. Last night Luca said to me “I wanted a place with a fan”, to which I replied “there are no fans or air conditioning anywhere we are going ” (because the temperature is 65 at night and highs of 74 during the day), to which he replied “this was a bad idea I wanted a place with air conditioning”. Apple- tree theory in full effect here. Nicole and I have been traveling for years together so we do it pretty well… like I know she can’t have feaher pillows in her bed and she knows that she’s responsible for communicating and exchanging money. Throw Luca into this international travel mix and now we (Nicole and I both) are learning his traveling quirks. Like I mentioned, things didn’t necessarily go as planned but that is ok, we regrouped and adjusted our plans and ended last night on a high note with some tastey Flor de Cana, Zacapa and playing pool with my Luca in the hostel. This morning began with laying in the hammock and having Luca dictate his blog to me, which was my favorite part of the trip so far. Hearing the story through his eyes and helping him learn how to be descriptive enough to include you all in our journey. This followed by my cold shower, and me standing topless in front of the sink vigorously brushing my teeth in front of our open bathroom window (use your imagination here on what else was moving vigorously 😆) At which point I heard a rustle in the bushes… that I assumed was one of the many loud birds around us. But to my surprise I quickly learned it was a teenage boy as we locked eyes through the bushes. jury is still out on whether it was more traumatizing or exciting for him, I’m sure when I see him at tonight’s bbq things will become more clear lol. This trip it seems we shall be one with both nature and our neighbors. We took our first ride in a tuk tuk and headed up to Sabor de Cruceno for breakfast. It’s this incredible NGO for the culinary students in this village. The food and view and food are outstanding.