While we had no class for the day so we could finish our papers, I went with two classmates to our professor’s place, with one of the classmates helping as a translator as well and my other classmate getting laundry done. We wound up clearing the language barrier with translation, though it was interesting to hear Spanish, Chinese, and English in conversation.

After speaking with the Chinese neighbor, we ordered take out (pizza). Not long afterwards, the power went out at around 12pm. We wound up staying to get some work done, but as the Wifi was down, we could only rely on sources that were saved on our laptops. We heard some more stories from our professor (such as how he met his wife) and also spent some time playing cards and talking with the daughter of the worker of the apartment before eventually heading back. The classmate that wanted to do laundry wound up not getting any of it done in the end.

The highlight of the day though was taking the taxi back to the hotel. The taxis there are not traditional taxis that you’d find in New York; they are pretty much regular cars. You can call for a taxi beforehand as well.