I understand Flight of the Phoenix

My feet are gone. It is true, and sad. Today I did something foolish. Today I decided I could handle walking the sand dunes in the burning hot African sun in just my sandles. I have never run so fast as I did today trying to keep my feet from blistering. You should have heard Alice and I running and laughing and screaming 'OUCH OUCH OUCH!' up the dunes: It must have been amusing for the locals to see. We didn't stay long at the dunes for obvious reasons but decided to instead pass the time at a cafe. I finally understood the horror of the movie Flight of the Phoenix. Before I would watch it and think 'it must be hot' now I think on it with something bordering on terror. The sand is so hot, and I had an ocean to look at and plenty of water§ The idea that they built a plane in this heat with hardly any water and no end in sight. And the sand is so bloody hot. I donùt think I will be able to watch that movie again until winter....

No worries for me now though, I am back at my hotel and sitting by the pool again typing this. Tomorrow I am going grocery shopping and trying out a little restaurant by my apartment and then going to a party at a friend of Alice's. I donùt know if I already mentioned it, but apparently there is a pool at there house and Alice thinks we will be out late. So Sunday we will sleep and go to the beach and watch the final game of the EuroCup. It is Italia vs. Espana so we are going to an Italian bar that will play the game so it can be even more exciting!!! Then Alice is off on Monday and Tuesday; so we will rent a car and go see the volcano, and go hiking. I cant wait to see the mountains because it has been so hazy here that you can barely see them in the distance. Alice said it was never like this before I came, so she wants me to leave so she can see the sky again. But hopefully the hike will be nice. We have to go in the evening because the locals say it is too dangerous during the day: It gets too hot. Apparently some tourists died last year hiking in the heat of day. Natural selection.... And the last planned excursion is for a 'little Venecia'. The rumor is that it has canals instead of streets like Venice and is beautiful. Cant wait to see it!!!

Not much else to say. I will be sure to write something more interesting next time: about what I have actually done, not just what is in the plans... for plans change. But fear not, the volcano and I WILL meet!!!