Saltos de Tabay

Today was another exciting day.  Maybe I'm not really just a normal person. 

My friend/coworker/roommate Karina has a friend visiting from Buenos Aires, so we went another coworker to a park, Saltos de Tabay, that has some small waterfalls and a swimming area.  We wandered around the falls, took some pictures, and then claimed our parrilla (grill) to have out asado (cookout).  While the chicken was cooking we drank some terere, and then Karina took a nap while Marcelo kept an eye on the food, and Andrea and I went to play volleyball with some kids. We soon found out that playing sand volleyball on a scorching summer day near a river is not practical for several reasons.  We burned our feet in about half a second, so we put on our flip flops, but that doesn't exactly equip you with the necessary mobility nor the necessary foot protection.  After swimming the ball down and taking it out of the river for the third or fourth time, we decided to take our game to the spacious swimming area, which worked out much better.  The cookout was absolutely delicious, and we still had time to play some more volleyball before we had to head back so that I could be ready to work ay 4. 

Noteworthy occurrences:

I saw a traffic light today.  It was the first one in a few weeks.

I also saw a lot of thongs today.  They were not the first ones in a few weeks.

I talked to one of my former students from Mozambique on Facebook today!!  He updated me that of the 8 or so 12th graders that were in my theater group, 5 of them are in college or nursing school and on their way to having meaningful careers and stable incomes.  Two of them are studying to become teachers!

I also talked to friend from Raleigh on Facebook today, and she might come meet up with me in Chile in April!!  (all others are also invited...!!!)

Goal of 5 posts per week met for the second week!