oh man.

so these last couple of days have been crazy. wednesday we went to the literature festival here and saw benazir bhutto's niece, fatima, speak on her family, life, and her journalism. she is only 5 years older than me and she is so smart and accomplished, and been through more than i could imagine. it was wild. then later that night we got to go to a private screening of the movie atonement, and after got to sit in on a discussion with the writer of the book, ian mcewan, and the screenwriter of the movie, an oscar winner, and nominated for atonement. crazy? yes. and its wedding season here, so everynight we get to watch fireworks go off! man, if i ever get married it'll probably just be at a courthouse or something, but if i change my mind, i'm going to have one like this. so over the top with decked out horses and almost a carnival after with everyone i've ever met. hehe. fridays we don't have class, we have "field trips" instead. this friday we rented a bus and went to all the touristy things in jaipur. ugh touristing. i really don't like it. don't get me wrong, i really wanted to see all the things we saw and its so nice of the program to pay for us all, but i guess i just like to do things on my own time and my way, no guided tour, just wandering. it was a lot to take in too. so last night, completely worn out from the day, my roommate and i went and cuddled up in bed with two other girls living in the same house as us and watched anastasia, and laughed about how nice it made russia look. of course we didn't make it through the whole thing, because we go to sleep at like 10:30... but our host family stayed up with friends singing songs and partying until 3 in the morning. hilarious.

miss you guys,

sarah