End of Week 1

So my 1st week working at the Embassy is officially over. It actually ended on a good note as today went rather quickly. I did some more reading on passports and obtaining US nationality which was interesting reading material. Did you know that if you are born in an airplane while flying over the USA you are considered an American citizen?! Even if your parents are from Australia…you’ll be considered an American. Who knew?! Today I did my 2nd prison visit and this one was actually a lot more fun than the first. There were 5 prisoners and we had some rather intriguing conversation. The prison was located right next to the Canal so we saw a few huge ships entering the Canal. Unfortunately no cruise ships passed through at the time but there were two PanMax which are the enormous container boats. By the time we got back to the Consulate it was time to go so that was the end of my day. I learned that Friday is dress down day because everyone was in jeans and relaxed shoes/shirts. Of course still “professional” with it but nonetheless relaxed. I probably won’t ever do it, but it was still nice to see. After work Yolanda and I went out to dinner to the restaurant I went to my first day, Mi Ranchito. It was an experience calling the taxi company and first requesting the taxi then second telling them how to get to our house. Whoo, that was definitely an experience. However we will probably use the same guy from now on because he was young, fun and prompt. We asked him about the places to go and things to do in the city and he gave us some tips so he may pick us up tomorrow evening to take us out. We’re also supposed to be going on this boat trip tomorrow so that should be fun if it happens.