1.During my region change, I was in a stressful place. I didn’t have a host family, a job,or really any feeling of belonging since I was in a state of limbo. During this time Istayed with a friend who lives in the outer part of Cuenca. Arriving at her house tooka lot longer than expected due to the lack of taxis on this New Years Eve. While wewere waiting we saw an old gringo couple sitting at some outside tables at arestaurant. We walked over to see how they were doing. They both looked at meand said with a very American accent, hola