The bit about the sun going the other way only holds if you are facing the equator, as you would be on the front porch of a Greek or Roman style home that was d

The bit about the sun going the other way only holds if you are facing the equator, as you would be on the front porch of a Greek or Roman style home that was designed to capture sunlight. One thing I noticed when I was there -- y'all's birds are... different. Instead of the normal tweets and chirps of North American songbirds, I awoke to all sorts of strange squawks and caws from species unknown to me. I guess I should consider myself lucky I didn't encounter a cassowary (though I did find myself amongst a flock of eager looking bin chickens).