Things here are good, except for the mild case of cheese withdrawal I am experiencing. I went to yoga tonight with the other young female teachers and then we went out for ok-tasting italian food that I absolutely loved because I have been craving western food with cheese. It was the first time i have had cheese or dairy in two weeks and it was delicious. The milk here is unpasteurized so I have been avoiding it for a number of reasons and just drinking soy milk. Soy milk isn't bad and can actually be enjoyable. Its only when it is paired with a complete lack of other dairy products, that it equals an unhappy combination for a girl of wisconsin stock.
Good News of the Day
I found out that you can buy pretty good bread and cake from a wine store within the resort we live at, so that just made my day. So far at the grocery store here, I have only been able to find bad white bread or something that looks like a baguette but without any type of crust. There really aren't desserts here other than fresh fruit, which is delicious, but sometimes you just want cake, ice cream, good chocolate or a gooey brownie. So slowly I am discovering happy western treasures in Yangon and it is making me very happy. The variety of Asian food is fabulous but I am a big believer in variety of all types of culinary delights.
Tomorrow, Andrew and i are going to go bike shopping with our neighbor and school gym teacher, Donald. If our luck is good we hope to buy two bikes tomorrow, but we will see. We just exchanged $300 US dollars for 384,000 kyat (the currency of Myanmar). The kyat is a funny currency in that the largest bill is only a 1000 kyat, so we have 384 single 1000 kyat bills. Living here, you slowly get used to carrying large chunks of bills around. Most things are only around 200kyat to 4000kyat (which is only a couple of bills) but since bikes are a large purchase and there are no credit cards here, we will be carrying a bag of cash-ola with us tomorrow. Thank god this is a buddhist country where people don't steal due to bad karma : )
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i wish i could mail you a big box of assorted cookies (including macaroons) from Sciortino's!
Cheese is good. Just wait until italy, then you can eat as much cheese as you want. Kel and I are so happy you are coming to the wedding. We are actually booking our tickets tonight and can't wait to see you there. Have safe travels until then. Love you both.
kanyun
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