Old government makes for good fun!

Today was a long one so I am sure this is going to be short. I got out of bed around 6:30 and got all dressed up to go to Parliament this morning. It took about three seconds for me to start sweating after putting on my dress coat, long pants and a tie. I was so happy to jump in the car and turn on the a/c. Once I got to downtown it was only a few blocks walk to get to the Parliament building but with the heat and my dress cloths it looked like I had just run a 5k. No worries though the Parliament building also had a/c. It was a pretty special treat to sit down and talk with the speaker before the start of Parliament. I was then taken to my seat on the floor right beside the members of Parliament. Not to bad for the son of a coal miner from West Virginia. To watch the government here is nothing like watching our own. It is actually entertaining to see. First you must understand that in January a whole new party took power in Parliament after the old party held power for 14 years. Let me tell you, the new party didn't have to many good things to say about the old governing body. It is also budget time of the year and the two party went at it like cat and dogs. I was laughing out loud constantly. They would call each other names and tell each other that their crazy. It was a blast.

After a few hours of that it was off to lunch with a 72 year old man named tony. Tony kept the laughs coming. This guys was super nice and very worried about my safety but he was also like a teenager at heart. Singing at the table, telling crazy stories Tony made it a very interesting lunch. I had a great lunch of fish once again. I hate fish at home but this fresh stuff is da bomb.

Then I took a tour of the local hospital and was shown the pediatric wing. It does not matter where you are West Virginia, Iran or Barbados seeing sick children is very unnerving. One child made an very big impact on me but maybe I should kept that story to myself. Well no real pictures from today but will get some for ya tomorrow and hopefully a better story but I need some sleep.