Thursday, Friday, Saturday

I haven't had much time to update so I'll combine Thursday through Saturday in to one post.

On Thursday we took the kids to the pool.  The bus ride there was crazy.  The road curves so fast and hard everyone on the bus was screaming.  My amigo always told me when to hold on when a big turn was coming up.

The pool was really fun.  The day started out pretty cold and cloudy but around noon the sun came out and it got hot.  I played in the water with my two amigos for a really long time.  We went from playing monkey-in-the-middle to throw-the-ball-at-each-other-to-see-who-can-make-the-biggest-splash.  I also convinced a kid who was really scared of the water to finally get in.  Convincing kids to do stuff is hard when you don't speak the same language.

  Franco and Jesus

Friday was our last day with the kids.  It was such a fun day.  We played a game with a volleyball net where you would stand with your amigo holding a towel and have to throw/catch a soccer ball using only the towel.  It was harder than it sounds.  Then there was a game where you had to dig candy out of a pie made of flower using only your face.  Somewhere there is a picture of a bunch of us with our faces covered in flour that I hope no one ever sees.  After a three legged race and an egg and spoon game it pretty much ended up being the kids running to a hose, filling up a bottle of water, and dumping it on our heads.  This went on for a really long time.  Everyone was completely soaked.  I gave my two amigos their gifts and they both loved them.  I gave Jesus a game where you have two velcro paddles and a ball and you throw the ball and it sticks to the paddle.  We played this for forever after I gave it to him.  I gave Manuel punch balloons and of course the first thing he did was hit everyone in sight on the head with them. 

Forcing Manuel into taking a picture with me

The end of the day was really hard.  We made plates with a picture of us with our amigos on them.  Everyone exchanged emails and facebooks.  I am going to write Manuel an email as soon as I get back to DC..I need time to figure out how to say what I want to say in Spanish.  Unfortunately Jesus doesn't have a computer so I am gonna try to get his address or give a message to him through Jesus.  

Saturday was a lazy day.  We pretty much just hung out until we had to get ready to leave for Pucon.  I finally tried a cafe con helado.  Coffee with four scoops of ice cream. Ahh.  I miss Valparaiso.  I could definitely see myself living there.  

5'9'' and blue eyes, I'd totally fit right in