Our Ecuadorian apartment was invaded last week by the DuRocher clan. And they brought presents. Actual list of contents of a suitcase dedicated to things we requested (and some extras): 5 t-shirts, 2 pairs of pants, 1 pair of Chuck Taylor All-Stars, 1 pair of Tevas, 1 small iPod speaker, 1 Kindle, 1 Kindle cover, 1 Spanish workbook, 1 South America guidebook, 1 Ecuador guidebook, 1 South American cookbook (in English!), 2 pounds of cheddar cheese, 2 pounds of manchego cheese, 2 pound of mimolette cheese, 1 pound bag of blue cheese, 1 ½ pounds of prosciutto, a 3 pound salami, 1 quart of maple syrup, 3 packages of Cadbury easter eggs, 1 bag of See’s candy chocolate eggs, and 5 assorted hand puppets for the benefit of our preschool students. Since this is our general
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