Happy Independence Day! Too bad no one cares here but us. We woke up today to eat breakfast, then went and slept again until lunch. After lunch Mel and I headed to the beach to get a little bit of a tan. There were tons of people there because the weather was so beautiful; it was hard to even find somewhere to sit.

We came back and showered, ate some supper (food stolen from the cafeteria, haha) and rode the metro back to the beach. We went to a discoteca (dance club) overlooking the water, and met some dancers from France. They travel around Europe as street performers, true nomads. They call themselves Echoliosse, and they could dance like no one I have ever seen. They were spinning on their heads, flipping in mid-air, break dancing on the floor, all in the middle of this dance club. We hung out with them the entire night, and I got a few videos but only one turned out.

They are leaving tomorrow for France, then moving on to Rome. I can’t imagine a life like that. They are planning to get up tomorrow, dance awhile until they get gas money, then take off. Pretty exciting, but they’ve been together as a group about 4 years, and I bet it gets old after awhile not having a home. Hope everything is great back home!

Hasta Luego,

Becca