Learn the Customs

Went to the exhibition for a tea party and had to drink more tea and then we were invited by the English ambassador to drop by. His daughter was there, she was seventeen and drew cartoons about fags.  She was cute and funny.  Had her father’s chin, which was no chin.  There were a lot of English people there who’d been living and working in Kuwait for years.  Left.  Big rainstorm.

Picked up by Nadja and had a fight with Fred about not going to Germany.  He said I had to go because “you’re a fucking star there.”  It was the way he said it that got me mad.

Dinner at Nadja’s house.  There were sixty people.  The best party the whole trip.  She had eight or ten brothers and a mother and sisters and all the men dance together, looks like the twist.  The food was really good. Then men began dancing with Fred.  Someone gave him $40 for dancing so well.  Had to stay until everybody left - 2:30. James admired somebody’s robe and they gave it to him.  Jed admired someone’s nose ring and he got it. I didn’t know about the custom, so I didn’t get anything.