I made a new friend this afternoon. We've met and talked a little on various occasions, but we haven't spent a lot of time together because she's been busy studying for her intense final exams beginning tomorrow and ending on Thursday. But her name is Vero and we are the same age, we are both the fifth children in our families, and we both have two younger sisters. One of her sisters accompanied us on our walk. They showed me their high school- in a part of town I'd never been to before. Then we walked toward market before heading home. Along the way we communicated as best as we could with the few Malagasy phrases and words I know and the little English Vero and her sister have learned at school. It was kind of fun, though definitely frustrating at times, trying to figure out what we were trying to communicate to one another....
It's so fun to make friends in other cultures. You're so different and yet you can always find similarities with one another. Perhaps when I leave I can keep in touch with Vero and maybe even Fara through letters.
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