Random

There are tons of beggars here. It is sort of hard to get used to. I normally go around smiling at people that I pass, but that seems to encourage them. It is also my natural tendency to stop when someone asks for help, but they always just want money and I'm not going to hand out money so that just makes it feel worse. I haven't really figured out how to deal with this, but I don't want to not smile at people or become so hardened that I don't hear someone ask for help. I will say though - so far my favorite pan-handler sign is "Broke Ninja. Please help." And that guy was totally chill. Just hanging out with his sign.

Here are a couple of pics of some of the amazing sunsets we are getting from our apartment.