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My apologies for the delay on this blog posting, I could not get to the internet cafe yesterday... I was soooooooooo sick. I spent the afternoon and most of the evening in bed, even skipped dinner! Not sure what I ate but something making my belly very sick. =(
So, day 9 started off interestingly- we were told the evening before that we needed to be ready to leave at 8:45am Monday morning, so Natalie and walked downstairs exactly on time. But where was everyone? We thought maybe they left early? Nah, that never happens. But we did find out that our departure time had been moved to 9:15, due to the schedule of the school we were visiting. Sooo, Rich and I went downstairs to grab some breakfast- coffee and mini rolls, and then headed back up at 9:10, just to leave some extra time. Actual departure time? 9:30. NO ONE can say that I am the one who holds the group up!! We were still waiting on 3 other gals!!
Anyway, I got to enjoy my first ride in a mototaxi!! This is the form of public transportation used here. It was so exciting!! I had
been looking forwsrd to riding in one since we first arrived on Saturday night!
Natalie and I stayed together for the observations and saw three classes at Cesar Vallejo, a Catholic school for boys and girls. We sat in on a math class, a science class, and an English class. We were both a little disppointed at the amount of Spanish used in the English class- every time the teacher would give a direction she would immediately give the Spanish translation (a trap that many language teachers fall into). One boy in the class became our "protegero," or protector, and kept the inquisitive students from crowding too close, as the rooms are hot and there is no AC. This particular school was set up like a open classroom environment, as you can see from the photos. It was very noisy and the teachers had to speak much louder than what we are used to back in the US.
Lunch was at Bucanero, a cebicheria right on the Amazon. Beautiful view and had plenty of AC! I just had some chicken soup (dieta de pollo) and some lemonade. I did have some platanos, which I am sure didn´t help
my stomach too much. (but they tasted great!)
We went back to the hotel after lunch and I got into pj´s and spent the rest of the day in bed reading. I did read over 400 pages of my new book! (wow!) It´s that good! Missed dinner but Natalie and the boys stopped at the market and got me some crackers. Drinking LOTS of water and eating crackers, yum.
Bedtime around 11, and we get to sleep in a little on Wednesday!!
Hasta luego
Alyssa
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scott & debbi
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enjoy yourself
it looks like you are having a great time. keep that up and stay away from that water. can you stay longer and teach there??? enjoy. oh - dont forget those post cards.