Travel can change a person, particularly challenging travel or travel to really different places. I've had some anxiety about Paul's term in South America because I've wondered if and how he will change.
It's happening.
He told me on the phone tonight that he considered buying a poncho.
What? He forgot to get the sombrero? He will stick out like a sore thumb without that! :)
Posted by: Virgil johnson | January 21, 2007 at 10:29 PM
The fanny-pack will be next.
Posted by: Adam Kotsko | January 22, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Virgil--he bought a 'panama hat'--says he needs one while on a boat in the Galapagos this weekend.
Adam, I got him a hacky-sack as a joke for Christmas. Watch him start playing it. And wearing leather bracelets.
(For the record, Paul's look tends to be more urban, some might call it metrosexual. Hence, the shock at the whole poncho bruhaha--he said that with so many around, one's eye gets used to them, and then starts to notice differences, and then, before you know it, a blue one starts to look really good.)
Posted by: Jodi | January 22, 2007 at 12:34 PM