Adventure time!

When I arrived in Portugal the Fairbanks (missionary family i am working under) had two bags of groceries for me so that I would have food for a couple days but unfortunately most of it has run out and now I am left with deli ham that looks like turkey, cookies, soup mix, and 2 cans of 7 up. So, I decided that I needed to go to the grocery store. To get to the grocery store I would have to take the bus and it would be my first time on the bus. It would be a quick ride but still it means that I would have to tell people where I was going in Portuguese and I barely know how to say, "Como esta?"

Fortunately for me my roommate had a break in her classes for an hour and a half. She decided that we would have enough time to ride the bus, go to the grocery store, have lunch, and then ride back. I didn't think it would be possible but she decided we would try. We hopped on the bus and I payed my 1.55 euros and we rode down the road to a neighboring village to go to the grocery store. We get there and Regina decides that we should eat lunch before we shop so we went to the cafeteria style lunch area and got some food. I followed Regina as she wondered the area and asked people what to do in Portuguese. We decided to go the fast way and get the precooked food instead of the food that was cooked in front of you. We both had the same thing of chicken breast slices with bacon pieces, rice with beans, and potatoes. The meal came out to about 4 euros and was twice as much food then either of us could eat. The food was pretty tasty the rice and beans were the best but everything was very salty.

As we were finishing up Regina excused herself and went to the restroom and when she came back she had the look of death on her face. She told me that she was feeling very sick and that we wouldn't be able to shop now but maybe after her class we could come back. We left the super market and headed to the bus stop and as we walked Regina continued to tell me how she hasn't been feeling very well for a couple days. However, Regina hasn't quite gotten down the difference between tomorrow and yesterday, so she kept telling me how she was sick tomorrow and today she feels better. After a couple minutes of being very confused and thinking that she could predict the future of how her stomach would feel I explained to her the difference.

When we got to the bus stop we asked a lady next to use when the bus would come and it was going to be two hours! So, we sat and waited and when the next bus came we asked if it was going to Tojal and to our surprise and pleasure it was going along the outskirts of the village so we hopped on and I paid my 1.55 euros again and we got dropped outside of the village. As we got off Regina asked how to get back to the school we are staying at but because of my walks that I have taken (of course with my fully armed body guards ;) ) I knew exactly how to get back to the school but she wouldn't listen to me. We eventually got home and Regina was about an hour late for class and I still do not have any food!