As I went into the 7-11 near the hotel to pick up some bottled water, a group of neatly dressed late teens were snapping pictures of each other. They all called out “Hallo” “Hallo”. This had happened the first day that I was here, but I wasn’t sure if it was friendly. After a couple of days here, I was pretty confident that for some people, they are interested in Americans and were just being friendly.
So I said Hello back. On my way back out, I passed them again, and they gestured that they wanted me in a picture. There was a lot of giggles and the two bravest stood with me for several pictures. So I pulled out my camera, and handed it to the young woman taking the pictures, and she snapped this for me.
Outside the 7-11 with my new friends
