January 28, 2009

did some laundry now that our washing machine finally works. As I was hanging it out to dry on the clothes line on our miniscule balcony, I saw a little old lady across the courtyard leaning out her window to hang her clothes. The courtyard is just this tiny little square completely enclosed by the buildings around it. From our room, I can't see any door into it from the ground floor, so no one can really go into the courtyard. The rooms in our buiding have little balconies, but the other three sides just have windows. It's kind of neat that even though almost no one can actually go into the courtyard, there could still be interaction between the people who live around it.