Day 4 Sunday

Sunday is pretty casual, we have been invited to hang out with England and his family at the home of another American families house. It is a very pleasant time, we are taking all things slowly and trying hard to take in all the new things we are seeing. We see a little more of the city, and that is good.


The rest of the day we explore a little more of the home--especially the courtyard area.


**Disclaimer** Any descriptive terms that follow are not meant to be derogatory, only a depiction of what we are encountering. Please understand that we are adventurers and WE LOVE THIS LIFE and chose it knowing full well what we might encounter. Our tolerance for the out-of-the-ordinary is very high, and we are having a great time! Some people would find this a hardship, we find it a thrill.


The water system here is a bit different, but they have accommodated with a clever solution. The city only pumps water to a specific area twice a week. At first hearing that sounds crazy, but every home here has a cistern of about 500-800 gallons, then a pump that pushes the water up to a holding tank on top of the house structure that holds about 200 gallons. This particular house does not have any type of automated system for monitoring the amount of water in the upper tank so it is a manual thing--every couple of days plug in the pump for an hour. So we did.


We raked and cleaned in the courtyard and explored its corners, the sun was behind clouds but the temperature was warm. We read and lounged around a bit in the evening, working to stay awake until about 9:30 forcing our body-clocks to reset to the middle east time zone. Good night.