I’ve learned that they shouldn’t call this town Boca Raton - it should be Coches Costosos (expensive cars). I’ve never seen so many nice cars side-by-side in regular parking lots. And, it’s normal to see valet parking almost everywhere. There are even grocery markets with valet parking. *wow*

A nice little surprise happened to me this evening. I noticed a Panera in the shopping center next to the hotel so I walked over there tonight to grab a quick bite of food. Turns out that they’re in training and officially opening on Monday so no food. However, I walked up at the perfect time as they were handing out all of the baked goods they had made just a while earlier. I grabbed a bag of bagels and it had 3 of my favorites in it.

Then, next door to the Panera was Uncle Tai’s Chinese Restaurant where they were celebrating their 20th anniversary. I didn’t have my camera with me but they had dragon dances, kung fu demonstrations and firecrackers soon after I walked up. Fun stuff.

Now it’s just me and my bagels working in the room. We’ve had a fantastic event here in Boca but I’m looking forward to heading home tomorrow evening after we finish our last day of class.