![5 people standing in front of a large world map](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-001.jpg?resize=762%2C506)
![5 people jumping in the air](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-002.jpg?resize=762%2C506)
![5 people landing on the ground after jumping in the air](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-003.jpg?resize=762%2C506)
Thursday Night
19 November ’15
The bus driver told Eleonora not to speak to anyone in Rosemead because it is a very dangerous city!
Then she got a little lost walking home.
Then her phone started to run out of battery.
Scary night!
Friday
20 November ’15
Friday started off a lot better. We walked over to East Gourmet Seafood at Garvey Ave & San Gabriel Blvd for a little dim sum breakfast.
![Justa, Hania & Terézia seated at a table at East Gourmet Seafood in Rosemead, Ca](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-005.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Lucas contemplates a chicken foot.](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-006.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
Venice Beach
After breakfast Hania, Justa, Lucas, Terézia & Eleonora headed off to Venice Beach. All 5 of them packed into the tiny Fiat 500 that Hania & Justa rented. They got to enjoy the eclecticism of Venice, dip their toes in the November waters, and experience first-hand a Friday afternoon cross-town commute in Los Angeles.
![interior shot of 2 people in a Fiat 500](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-008.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Interior view of a Fiat 500 with 3 people in the back seat](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-009.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
Wall Warts Be Gone!
While the gang was off to Venice beach I noticed the chain of “wall warts” Eleonora needed just to charge her sexy new Alcatel phone from Boost Mobile (US$60 for a smart phone and a month of unlimited service!!) The sad sight gave me a sort of aesthetic toxicity and I realized I needed to change the tired, old wall outlet in the Budapest Train Station just as I had previously done for the Sonthofen Ski Lodge and Curaçao Beach.
![photo of a string of international power adapters sticking out of a USA wall socket](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-010.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![photo of a USB connector plugged into a USB wall outlet in the "Budapest Train Station" room at Casa Glenn](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-011.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
Cooking with Fire!
… or, you know, a potato masher…
![Photo of Eleonora Prudenzi's omelet sandwiches](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-012.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Photo of a bowl of Terézia Ligačová's "Avokado Pudding"](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-013.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
Universal Eleonora
And then around the magical hour of midnight, “Eleonora #2,” aka “Eleo Rey”, aka “Universal Eleonora” arrived. Her presence was as robust as I’d imagined it would be.
![Terézia Ligačová & Eleonora Rey on a couch as Eleonora plays a Venezuelan Cuatro](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-014.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
After hugs for everyone, Eleo sat down in the entrance hallway of the house and played a song for us.
![Lucas playing a Venezuelan Cuatro late at night, in a candle-lit room](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-015.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
A while later Ele went to bed. Eleo, Tete, Lucas and I talked in the Sonthofen Ski Lodge.
Another while later Tete crawled onto the other sleeping pad in Ele’s Budapest Train Station room. Eleo, Lucas and I stayed up a bit longer.
And another while later I went to bed. Eleo and Lucas continued to play the Cuatro and sing in soft melodic tones as I drifted off to sleep.
Saturday
21 November ’15
Hania & Justa drove their Fiat 500 to LAX for their flight to Mexico City and the drive to Puebla around 4:30 this morning. I thought I’d get up and wave goodbye, but I slept through it. Lucas woke up, at least enough to see them depart.
Hania & Justa and Eleo slept under the same roof for a few hours, but they never, at least in waking life, met. Hania & Justa went to bed before Eleo arrived. They departed before she awoke.
![Eleo Rey in the kitchen with a cutting board](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-016.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Terézia Ligačová & Lucas Hayes at an outdoor table drinking smoothies](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-017.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![people sitting around a table and eating a meal](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-018.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Close-up of dishes of food at an outdoor table](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-019-fea-2000x1500.jpg?resize=762%2C572)
Launderland
Terézia wanted to wash some clothes. Lucas was thinking of getting a guitar when he was down in Central America. Inspired by Eleo’s Cuatro, I suggested Lucas might like to take a peek at the Pawn Shop down the street.
![Lucas & Terézia at Launderland](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-020b.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Eleo Rey posing and grinning at Launderland on Garvey Avenue in Rosemead, CA](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-021b.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Tete putting a towel in a washing machine](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-022b.jpg?resize=762%2C428)
![Free WiFi sign on the wall at Launderland](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-023b.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Terézia Ligačová puts quarters in a vending machine that dispenses small packets of soap](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-024b.jpg?resize=762%2C429)
![Tete, Lucas & Eleo hugging outside the Pawn Shop](https://i0.wp.com/runaway.university/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ele-Tete-Eleo-025b.jpg?resize=762%2C429)