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Our water is fixed upstairs in the room, but now this morning, we didn't have internet! I am trying to meet with a friend around 2:00 pm today to check out a few sites so hoping my messages went through last night. We are planning to meet in plaza forch which is right next to the house as I'm not too savvy with the bus systems here!
Today was a good day volunteering.
It was very busy today in the play room. I'm picking up my Spanish more due to being immersed in the culture everyday. It can be very exhausting though. I played Uno again today with the same kids and most of the same kids came back again today, which was nice. When they came in, they yelled "Good Morning! How are you." The lessons I taught sunk in well :) I played chess with the same girl, Dominque, but we played checkers because it was too hard for me to teach her chess. We played Jenga and finished off the day with Uno and foozeball again with a lot of the boys. These kids are so cute! I only worked til 1:30 today because I met with Lauren to go to the Museo Nacional Ministerio de Cultura. My book said it closed at 6, but it was actually 5:00, so we didn't get to see the whole museum. We checked out the nearby park with several vendors and I bought a cute painting for only 5 dollars. The guy said he was the artist, but you can't be too sure! The museum was very nice and spoke about the different tribes in Ecuador along with pottery and other ancient art work. I took pictures but was yelled at twice.
Our free salsa lessons started at 5:30 pm per my volunteer book. I tried to go back to my house but became very lost! I finally ran into my roommate Michelle and the class was actually at 6:00 pm. We had a great time learning salsa. I didn't really have a partner the whole time, but danced with the instructor several times which helped me improve my moves! Malina and I, (my roommate), may go again tomorrow for lessons since it inexpensive!
After that, we went to a sushi place and a lot of Michelle's friends came to hang out with us. I didn't want to get anything raw so I had a Shrimp tempura roll and Vegetable Roll for dinner. We then went out for "Ladies Night". All in all, a very awesome day. I'm going to miss the friends I've made so far!!
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