Streets of Suva

Yesterday was Saturday and it was great. Got to sleep in a bit which was nice. Then Alex, Grey and I headed out on the town! Well kinda. We went walking all over downtown Suva. But first! We had lunch at the mall. Hah. Then we headed out again. There is a botanical garden and museum that Grey had been wanting to see. On our way we passed the rugby pitch! Unfortunately, no games were playing. Which was really too bad because it was so muddy and would have made for an awesome game! One day. It's on my list to see a rugby game while here. Must happen. The botanical garden was... a bit of a let down. I thought it was going to be all these beautiful and different flowers and colors everywhere. Well it was pretty, but not that colorful. Lots of trees. The museum cost some money, and we didn't feel like paying to go in, so we just looked around for a bit at the free stuff and left. Then we went and found a cathedral! It was a super cool building, but we weren't allowed inside. It was raining on and off a lot as well. It sounds like it wasn't very fun, but it really was. It was great to just walk around and look at stuff and be with fun people. Then we headed home and dried off (well, as much as we could. You're never really dry in Suva- thanks rain and humidity). Then other people decided they were hungry so we went to dinner at the mall. Again. haha. Love it. We had a riot though. There was this super attractive security guard. And Brittany and I started giggling like little school girls as we said Bula to him because he smiled back and he could tell we were talking about him. And we went across the street to another store, and then had to come back that way to go to a different store, and we had to pass by him, so Brittany does this huge and slightly awkward wave, and the guard just started cracking up and came outside. He pulled Grey aside, saying he needed to talk to him privately. HE ASKED IF BRITTANY AND I WERE MARRIED. HAH! We went to the store, and we had to walk by the guard again (Sol is his name) and Grey and I decided we would write down Britt's name so he could find her on facebook. So we walked by again, and we were all going to go in and say Hi, and Brittany goes up to the doors (which were automatic) and tried to open them, but the mall was closed, so it wasn't opening, and what she didn't see, but the rest of us did, was just a few feet further, there was a door propped wide open. It was hysterical. Sol was dying. So we went in, made awkward conversation, and then we left, but Grey stayed behind and gave him the paper and told him to add Britt on facebook, and Grey said he was acting all giddy and cute like. So funny. He hasn't added her yet, but we'll see! Very funny experience. Brittany was so embarrassed and mad at us (but she secretly liked it). Then we went home and watched Invictus and went to bed.

Today is Sunday. Woke up early and went to church with Grey (the others took advantage of the sunshine and headed to Warwick for a beach day, but I wanted to experience church in Suva :) plus there will be other beach days). It was an open building, which was cool, like a middle area that was just wide open to the sky, and had classrooms in the hallway. And this is a ward, but I thought it was definitely branch sized. Interesting. And they do reverse schedule (Relief Society, Sunday School, Sacrament). Sunday School is broken into Adult Adults (well that's what I call it) and YSA (Young Single Adult). The guy that taught the YSA class got home from his mission in March and he went to New York! So cool. Our lesson was on the pioneers and their time in Nauvoo. It was so weird that no one there had been or even really seen Nauvoo and I've been there almost 10 times. Crazy. So I got to answer a lot of questions and that was cool. Sacrament was great, but everyone is so quiet, even when they sing. I was so loud! Kinda funny. Good thing I can somewhat carry a tune! After church, Grey and I went home while Brittany stayed for choir. Unbeknownst (solid word usage) to us, the house was locked. And only Brittany and Lucy have keys. So we chilled on the patio until Brittany came home, and she actually went around another way and we didn't even see her. It scared the crap out of us. We went in and ate lunch. Got to FaceTime with Becky and then later Mom and Dad (HE GOT AN IPHONE4. World has ended). Took a nap. Then went to a stake music fireside. Why is it that when we don't need a taxi, every taxi known to man passes by and honks, trying to get us to flag them down, and when we need a taxi, there is none to be found anywhere?! So weird. But that happened tonight. Anyways, this fireside. Brittany had a solo. She's a rockstar. And was hands down the best one, not even joking. These ladies that sang. Oh they had such sweet spirit. Not so many had such sweet voices. But it was still great. There were a ton of people there. It was awesome. Then home and we started making dinner (Banana chocolate chip pancakes, salad, cucumbers, and carrots....hodge podge dinner! Time to go for real grocery shopping). Grey and I almost burnt the house down (not really, but there was a lot of smoke). Then others took over and the pancakes were delicious, as were the vegetable entrees. We had a great dinner conversations (someone usually picks a topic- tonight was movies). Then cleaned up and figured out the schedule for the week. Gonna be a busy one! I start the exercise classes on Tuesday! Starting to get a bit nervous! We're probably going to Nadi (pronounced Nandi) this week and staying at a resort and doing lots of beach trips! So excited!!!! And now we're going to watch Finding Nemo! Huzzah!

Moce and much love,
Sarah

Oh PS. There are approximately a million GECKOS around here. And there are some in the house. One usually hides up by the upstairs windows and freaks me out. One just made a super weird noise, and it freaked me OUTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Blergh.

PPS Pictures!

1-Touring the streets of Suva (with Grey and Alex)!

2-Just love seeing palm trees and coconuts everywhere!

3- Cathedral! So cool!

4- Cathedral close-up

5- Cathedral. Where's Waldo... I mean Grey? Do you see him??

6- Oh and I found this video from the dance show Friday. It didn't come up on my phone until today.... Weird. Again, poor quality from the phone, but it was seriously so cool.