Visited the Bank to get my account sorted out. Terminology is pretty different here, and I was initially quite confused with the many new terms. The Staff here are super polite and they go all the way to explain stuff to you. I felt good about the whole experience.

I met the lady who owns 'Lazzat', the south-asian restaurant here. She's from Pakistan, and I was quite thrilled to be conversing with her in Hindi. She seemed quite happy when I asked her if I could call her Sheeba Didi. She told me that this is a pretty lively town by American standards - apparently in most other towns, one doesn't see so many people on the streets.