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Jeremy, Brenton, Jenny and I all went to the movie last Monday to see the new Robin Hood. Talk about a culture shock. I forgot what country we were in. We picked up our free hot dogs, got some soda and walked into a very well air conditioned theater. Jeremy and Jenny went to find some extra snacks so Brenton and I went to find our seats. We were waiting for the trailers to begin when the Kenyan flag appeared on screen and the other 5 people in the theater stood up as their anthem played. I looked at Brenton and pointed at the other people. We sat there not knowing if we should stand up or just wait it out. It finally ended. Then one of the ushers walked over to us and whispered, "I know you don't know but we usually stand for the anthem." I couldn't tell is she was trying to make us feel better or if we had just been reprimanded.

The trailers finally started which turned out to be quite an interesting array of Bollywood and Hollywood films. Just then the lights came on and they informed us that we had to move to the other theater. They had switched the reels (or whatever they use these days) in the two theaters they have. So, we gathered everything up and moved from the red theater into the blue.

The movie was entertaining, having all gone in with low expectations, and the AC was glorious. But then we were abruptly welcomed back to Africa as we walked from the cold theater into the muggy heat of Kenya. Home sweet home.