Serhat and Nurdan

We arrive at Nurdan and Serhat's place (Kub's cousins). Serhat, walked down to greet us, poor guy had gotten out of bed, and I believe had to work the next day.

We walked inside and noticed the spiral stair case.... starting with floor 0, we had to climb 6 floors to get to Nurdan's apartment. BUT, there was an elevator, whew! The ladies boarded the elevator, I think all 3 were able to board with about 4/5th of the luggage.. they proceeded to send down the elevator again to send up Christine's suite case ;) Tam and I scaled the stairs.

Nurdan had partied the night before (con her amigos cubanos) and had worked the entire day, so she was quite exhausted. Still however, she got up and was an awesome hostess... we chatted, talked about the plans for the next day.

Tam busted out some nutri-grain bars. Kubs broke out her Trader Joe's dried bananas and pita crisps. There was chocolate and water and the party was on.

It was time for bed so we inflated Tam and Chris's mattress, hand carried all the way from Rodondo Beach by Kubs, said our good nights and attempted to crash. There was a bit of snoring due to some dudes clogged pipes, but we were too tired for it to bother...