A lovely day in Cambodia!

I should have known by the way I woke up this morning that today was going to be a good day! It was about 7:00 am, I was half asleep and slowly waking up, actually attempted to snooze my alarm for about 15 more minutes. Then all of a sudden I hear my skype ringing, almost instantly when I log on! It was my sister and her darling boyfriend, had a great morning conversation. Exchanged plans for the day, and how their day was going. Then as soon as I hung up got to speak to my amazing Sorority Little Sister, Becky and her mom! I hadent even been awake for 10 minutes and had already spoken to three of my favorite people!  Then I got dressed, headed downstairs for breakfast and went to class. School went by quickly today. We get a nice hour or two in between for lunch, and we decided to try some where new and cheap! We settled on this grungy little place next to our Guest House, I ordered fried rice and chicken for $1. It was de-licious! 

After school a group of us decided on going for a walk around town. Since Nick and I arrived later than we had planned we missed the tour of the city and really hadn't done too much venturing out because we have had a pretty packed schedule! We wandered around for a good 2-3 hours and got to see the city! Since a picture is worth a thousand words here are some from our stroll: 

This is our University that we go to every day from 9-5:30, Its really nice inside and is 4 stories with a coffee shop on the roof, with an amazing view. 

The streets are pretty busy, but surprisingly it is really easy to cross them. At first I felt like i was playing the game frogger, but after you do it once, you realize that cars will slow down, and bikes will go around you. 

This guy is Straight Chillen!!! 

Motor Bikes are a main means of transportation!

Some of my amazing classmates! 1 Aussie, 1 Italian, and the rest of us are from different places in the ol' U S of A!

In the middle of the city, in a round about.

<3 

This is a Casino, complete with working fountains! It was gorgeous inside!!

This was the view when you first walk in. 

It was really nice to finally be able to go for a walk in the city. Until this morning I was still trying to catch up on my sleep, and last night I definitely accomplished that by going to bed...errr passing out by 10:30. Later on in the evening the wonderful company we are going through (http://www.languagecorps.com/) took us to a Karaoke bar, and we had some really good roasted chicken and sang and danced the night away. After I sang a Beatles song, (Twist and Shout) with one of the older members of the class.. my teacher called me out and made me join him in a duet of Summer Nights, Luckly I grew up on Grease and didn't have to go to the screen once for lyrics... :) 

Every day when we leave our Guest House there is a group of Tuk Tuk drivers waiting, and every day they ask us, "Tuk Tuk" and every day we say , "No, we're walking to school" But one of the guys is really funny and sweet! He has been teaching me Khmer ( the language of Cambodia) So today I went into the pub right across the street and bought him a beer, he was very thankful and said I was a "Nice Lady" He then followed with one of his "American Sayings" 

"How's it hanging dude!? Long and Hairy, hard to carry" He then proceeded to giggle his ass off, and apologize for using that type of language in front of me, and said he was only kidding. He is really sweet and I am starting to look forward to seeing him every morning. He knows Nick and I by name now, and greets us every day!! 

Well its been a long and lovely day but it's time for me to go to bed! 

Cheers!