and hopefully they'll be staying...

Sometimes I forget how rare it was back in the States to meet people from another country who were just traveling around. Here, especially when you're traveling yourself and are on the tourist circuit, you meet almost no one else.

Today, I stopped by the city library. A girl was applying for a library card. I overheard the woman behind the desk tell her:

"You have to put down the contact information of someone who knows you. And they have to be in this country."