Fate smiles again.

One of the concerns that a person has when setting up a life in a foreign country is hoping that you will meet somebody decent to set up a digs with. You hope that you will meet somebody that you will get along with, who is like-minded in their habits and will generally add to the adventure of teaching in another country, rather then detract from it.

So naturally, before leaving SA to come to the US this played on my mind quite a bit. One, if not the biggest, blessing that I have had since arriving in the US then, has been the extremely fortuitous meeting with one, Javier Covo Grandes. Javier is from the Basque Country in Spain and is teaching Spanish at a local high school. Javier is a gentleman and a friend, and although he has no idea of how to cook paella, I am extremely grateful for meeting him and have no doubt that we will share many a beer and a laugh over the next year at least.