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I landed in the evening with one envelope of cash and a card I did not want to use yet . At the airport , a bright exchange desk stood beside the exit . The numbers on its board looked worse than the numbers I remembered from my bank at home , so I kept walking . I wanted that envelope to last until morning . I wanted a bank in the city , not the bright desk at the airport . Tonight the envelope had to pay for dinner and for the ride to my bed . A taxi driver raised his hand . I shook my head and looked for the bus . The ride was long enough for the city to turn its lights on . When I paid for the ticket , I wrote " bus " in a small notebook before I sat down . The word on the page made the envelope feel smaller and more real . I did not open it again on the bus . The hostel had a shared room and a kitchen at the end of the hall . My friend Luis was on his bed , and he was hungry . " There is a restaurant on the corner , " he said . " The market is still open too . " I wanted to sit and eat with him . I also wanted to see the envelope in the morning . We walked to the corner first . The restaurant window was full of photos of steak , and I could not read the prices quickly . Luis watched my face . " Market ? " he said . I nodded . The market was warm and loud . We bought bread and two bowls of soup , and we ate them on a low wall outside . I wrote " bread " and " soup " under the word " bus " . Luis looked at the page . " Is that the whole trip ? " he asked . " That is tonight , " I said . " The bank is tomorrow . " We carried the rest of the bread back to the hostel . The kitchen was free , so I put the bread on a shelf and stuck a piece of tape on it with my name . In the morning I could eat it there and leave the envelope closed a little longer . Luis washed the two spoons . I read the notebook once , then I closed it . The envelope was thinner , but it was still in my pocket , and the bank could wait until morning .
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