I am sick but my afternoon class was canceled, but I was apply to teach my other afternoon/evening classes.
First, on the way to my 4pm class, the bus I was on picked up three young guys, maybe Ben’s age (18 now!) with guitars and a tambourine. It’s super common to get people playing music on the bus but sometimes it’s annoying guy singing along to the portable radio he has or sometimes the kids with guitars are terrible. But whatever it is, i know it always takes some guts.
These kids were awesome! They played a couple older Beatles songs, Please please me, Twist and Shout, hold your hand, etc. They did great and I gave them money, which I normally only do if the people who play REALLY impress me. The front of the bus was dancing in their seats and clapping and even made the request for Twist and Shout. Their english wasn’t that good but they even had the harmonies. I was impressed.
The second bus on the way home is realllllly long. I have to go to another class after and sadly, I spend 1.5 hours traveling. Most of the trip, a baby was sitting with it’s mom, kind of just looking around. It eventually made friends with an older woman who was pushed against the mother as the bus got more and more crowded and the woman and the baby laughed all the way through the centro of Santiago. For this trip, I was sitting on the wheel well of the bus, because there weren’t any seats.