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Published: February 24th 2006
cancho curioso
my feet took my into the pigs´pen when I was on a walk yesterday. This guy poked his entire body up to welcome me. Yikes! When someone mentions the country Argentina a tapestry of images come to mind, of sultry tango dancers, wild soccer hooligans, gorgeous natural wonders, and big juicy beef. Some of my caring vegetarian friends and family have been concerned about the ´no como carne´or ´soy vegetariana´deal, so I am writing to say: every little thing is gonna be alright! I have been eating fine, cooking every day and smiling past offered plates of sausage or burnt beef. We were invited to an asado at the neighbours and had no problems at all. What a relief! No feelings hurt, no meat consumed and no feathers ruffled. Yesterday I visited the pigs, sheep and chickens. They were so sweet and cute. So I have posted some pictures of my new friends here. Anyway, with out stepping on any toes, I will stop this ´pigs are friends not food´business and write about our last week at the CEI San Igancio.
When we drove away today, down the dusty dirt road, we drove away from new friends, new experiences, a perfect river, a great school, fantastic teachers, workers and students, we left behind some books, some bracelets and hugs. We would like to return to
baa baa
also on the walk I was chased by hungry sheep on the loose. Their baaing is actually more haunting than the oinking. They are so cute though, once they reached the greener grass, they smiled and apologized for their hasty stampeed. the school one day, maybe in May or if not some other time. Like they told us, 'we´re not going anywhere and you're always welcome'. What a great experience. Thank you DANA for giving a little presentation about the school in ART 215 just 5 months ago. It inspired us to live and learn in Junin de los Andes, even if it was just for two weeks.
The past week has been full of card games, late nights, midnight walks, sleeping in, rain and reading. We weren't what many people would consider hard workers, our main job was watering, so with the recent rainfalls, we were left without our favorite job. However, we sandpapered signs, worked in the library, swept cobwebs from eaves troughs (sp?), weeded, picked strawberries, shovelling saw dust and wood chips, watched soccer games, played some rugby with a few aggressive boys, said good bye to the other volunteers, including Stephanie, who is back in Chile now. We played Jungle Speed, made empanadas, unsuccessfully dyed my work shirt with seed shells.
The pictures explain what we´ve been up to, so I´ll leave it at that. The past two weeks have been so relaxing and wonderful,
pass the tofu
typical argentine asado (BBQ), a meat lovers dream and a vegetarian´s nightmare. vive le diference but we are looking forward to trekking in Bariloche before heading to the chaos of Buenos Aires, where you can´t drink the water or breathe the air. (Apparently, say the people of the south).
Until next time,
Jenica Int.
xoxoxo
lots of hugs and kisses to all of our readers!
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Frisky
Mike Frisque
hola
i can see why living in the "boonies" is soooo attractive, San Igancio looks like a wonderful place, likely indicative of its people also. here more snow, greg and dave are using the snow board ramp again after having taken the ramp off to use the inside of the tower for paint ball practise. have fun girls cause soon back to the academic grind stone [alos fun i'm sure] love ya loads hugs m