1. in a toast to brian's trip to santiago, scott and i say "to brian" and brian holds the glass up to his mouth and only says (practically to himself in a less enthusiastic tone), "brian."
2. many of brian's stories included his trip to spain. you know how it is, when you're out of the country you are always reminded of experiences of other international trips you've taken. anyway, at one point brian says.... "so guys, from now on, many of my sentences are going to start with these five words.... when i was in spain..."
3. brian noticed that many, if not practically all, spanish songs contain "corazón." we started to pick up on this quite a bit during his trip. frequently, brian would start singing to himself... "mi corazónnnn."
4. brian noticed that rarely do restaurants give decent-sized napkins for dinner or any meal-time. without commenting about this directly he says, “let me just go ahead and wipe my nose on this receipt."
5. while at a camp fire we had constructed in the desert, brian heard the sounds of a chilean marching band, of sorts. dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, wearing tall white socks and a headlamp, he couldn’t have looked more gringo. he gets excited, rubbing his hands together and then thrusting them close to the fire. he says something like, “i’m there in two.” then he takes off running in the direction of the roving band; we can see his headlight bobbing in the distance. i'm pretty sure he had quite a nice time.
brian- thanks for coming!! we had an awesome time. i'm also appreciative of all of the out-door equipment and peanut butter!!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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Just to clarify, Brian originally made this comment as a commentary on what he thought he saw me doing as we walked out of a hot dog joint. For his first Chilean food experience, we got Brian an Italiano Completo Hot Dog. This monster is pretty messy and the restaurants have these tiny squares of paper to use as napkins. On our way out, I grabbed a couple for a good nose-blow and after executing...Brian says "let me just go ahead and blow my nose with this receipt right here." He didn't realize that the pieces of paper in my hands were napkins! From then on, any time we went out to eat we had plenty of ideas what to do with "this receipt right here"
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