We discovered an added bonus when we moved to Belize. Something that fits in just right with our lifestyle. People go to bed early! Now, this only applies to the expat crowd. A 'real' Belizean can party like nobody's business. But when our expat friends get together we meet early and the evening usually wraps up by about 9pm. That's perfect.
A couple of weeks ago we had our first 'multi-person gathering'. Some might even say it was a party. But I hesitate to use the 'P' word because we started in the afternoon and were all packed up by 9pm. Are you allowed to call that a party? We had over a dozen people? Still not sure. Anyway, it was a whole lot of fun.
We went the potluck route. Certainly the way to go. Made it so much easier for us, although Adam still took the reins at the BBQ. The BBQ is always Adam's domain.
A couple things about the evening really struck me. First off was the diversity of the people we had invited. We had seven different countries represented. Conversations were popping up in Thai, German, Dutch and of course, English. That's totally cool. And as unique as all of our backgrounds are, we can still come together as friends.
Second fun thing about the evening...we had an uninvited guest show up at the end of the night. A huge tarantula wandered right into the middle of a group of about eight people standing on the patio. First thing that I wondered about is why a tarantula would wander into a group of loud and moving people. Second thing that I noticed is that nobody really reacted. It was pointed out, a few people took a couple of steps back and that was about it. The spider continued on it's way and the conversation picked up again hardly missing a beat. We may have come from many corners of the world but I also think we are also (at least a little bit) pretty comfortable in our Belizean home.
We went the potluck route. Certainly the way to go. Made it so much easier for us, although Adam still took the reins at the BBQ. The BBQ is always Adam's domain.
A couple things about the evening really struck me. First off was the diversity of the people we had invited. We had seven different countries represented. Conversations were popping up in Thai, German, Dutch and of course, English. That's totally cool. And as unique as all of our backgrounds are, we can still come together as friends.
Second fun thing about the evening...we had an uninvited guest show up at the end of the night. A huge tarantula wandered right into the middle of a group of about eight people standing on the patio. First thing that I wondered about is why a tarantula would wander into a group of loud and moving people. Second thing that I noticed is that nobody really reacted. It was pointed out, a few people took a couple of steps back and that was about it. The spider continued on it's way and the conversation picked up again hardly missing a beat. We may have come from many corners of the world but I also think we are also (at least a little bit) pretty comfortable in our Belizean home.
Downtown San Ignacio all dressed up for the September Independence celebrations. So pretty!