So not only did I go to sleep fairly early the night before, but we got to sleep in until almost 8:30 on Friday morning….it was delightful to catch up on sleep. The morning got off to an interesting start when we woke up to find out that there was no water in our house, luckily none of us shower everyday anymore :-P We headed back over to the school to give our health charlas. Upon arrival we discovered that the school director decided Friday would be a field day instead and invited a whole other school over to join in on the activities. However; this sort of last minute changing of plans is fairly common, so it was another practical lesson for all of us. We eventually managed to convince some kids that they really did want to leave the voley game and come to a hygiene charla. Patti totally killed it….I could take classroom management lessons from her and she’s only 16. The kids even did really well, considering there were sports tournaments raging right outside the window. I’m pretty sure the back row of the room was a different set of kids every time we turned around though. Ha ha ha, I don’t blame them. They perked up for the tip-i-tap though; those things are always a hit. For lunch we went back to the same restaurant as before, it’s the only one in the town. The food was great though so we didn’t mind in the least. After lunch we walked around the town practicing some of our community diagnostic tools. Nick and I talked with the mayor and went to the police station to ask some questions…..they asked if we were spies :-P Its sort of a running joke that some people think we actually work for the CIA, so Nick and I just busted out laughing. After doing some interview’s we went to Kelsi’s house to meet her host family and eat some pineapple. Pineapple is the primary industry in Poroto, so they were very excited for us to try it. They won my vote. If anyone ever tries to sell you a pineapple from Poroto, buy it.
After the pineapple we clown cared….I mean combi-ed….our way back to Trujillo. We had the evening to ourselves so Amanda R, Jessica and I went to a little café to get some dinner. It was interesting to be back in a place where American tourists may happen by. I turns out that I’m confused by English now as well. I hear it’s a good sign though, when we start forgetting how to speak English so easily. Do keep this in mind when reading anything I write ha ha ha. At 9:30 Richard, Lindsay and I caught a cab over to the mall to see the 10:30 showing of the last Harry Potter. There was only one show a day in English and it was the latest. But whatever- I loved it!!! Learned a few fun things too: 1. You can, in fact, sneak Starbucks coffee into a movie theater in your purse if you want to….you have to walk a little funny so you don’t spill though and 2. Boom is “pom” in Spanish subtitles. Thank you, Professor McGonagall.
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