We arrived at Irais' casa around 8pm on the third day of traveling. It feels good to know we'll be here for a couple days. Fixing a home cooked meal to music which reminds me of intoxicating dance parties with Amo and Andrea. The familiarity feels nice. Also, the taste of food with a temperature is a nice change from the crackers, cookies, and trail mix consumed over 35 hours on a train + 8 hours on a bus.
Irais lives in a house with 4 other recent graduates. It is spacious, and beautiful, with an enormous roof that looks over a football field. Our previous couch surfing host, Marc of San Antonio, Texas, lived in a 1 bedroom apartment which was also beautiful. After the train ride from Chicago to Texas, we took a long exhausted stroll along the River walk, while we waited for Johannas bus to arrive. We spent the rest of the night celebrating with tequila.
I understand more espanol than I had expected. Irais and her roommates speak in spanish because they understand the purpose of our trip. When I start to look too overwhelmed or confused they quickly switch to english on my behalf.
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