El segundo vez en el Internet Cafe

So I am sitting here in the internet cafe for the second time today because Josh has left his battery charger in the town about 2.5 hours away. I am have no been sitting here alone for 4 hours- not in the internet cafe but in the town itself. This is when I have decided that traveling alone sucks- especially if you do not speak the language. This is the only country in South America where I do not speak the language and I think it is a little hard to get around. Instead of speaking English I go around speaking Spanish and I really do not mean too! I think it is really funny when I speak Spanish and the people here respond in Portugese - it makes for an interesting conversation!!! So anyways- the town I am in is so so so pretty. There are mountains that surround the town with beautiful churches nestled in every nook and cranny you can see. It is night now and the town is lit beautifully- you can see the houses far away in the mountain with the moon shining brightly overhead. I do not feel like I am in South America- instead I feel like I am somewhere in Austria in the mountains. The air is chilly because we are in winter down here. This is the first time that I have spent winter in July- it is definately interesting. The shops that line the streets here are lined with brightly colored scarves and gold rings with exiquisite gemstones. We are staying in a very clean and pretty posada called Posade America. The room is quiet and bare- but all that really matters is that it is clean.

This would be a romantic place to be if Josh did not have to go back to Belo Horizonte to get his battery páck. I have walked around alone and savored wonderful cappucino and a piece of cheesebread for dinner. If only I could speak Portuguese- I would have wonderful conversations with people on this trip of a lifetime that I am taking for 6 weeks. I have never had such a wonderful summer, in a beautiful country, in a lovely part of the world. If only everyone could have seen the beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana. It is everything that one could imagine- that one could want. I am so excited to see what is next on this trip that I have 5 weeks left of.