Monday night we celebrated the birthday of our dance instructor. We ate cake and sat and talked for a while. It was good fun! It's a great group of people and we sure love our fearless leader!
Much love and respect to Antonio! And an annoyed look to Antulio for putting icing on my face.
Tuesday, we had class, which was great, then Cindy and I went to Zunil, where there is giant vegetable market and a big yellow church (one of three yellow churches that I visited this week).
There is also the church of San Simon Judas, which I still don't quite understand, but people see him as some god who protects drunkards on the streets. He also drinks and smokes. We peeked into the church, but you had to pay to enter, so we just got a glimpse of San Simon Judas, a mannequin sitting a chair with sunglasses and a handkerchief on his face. A little bizarre.
Here's a picture inside the market surround by lots of delicious fruits and veggies!
Wednesday was a pretty regular day! Class. Dance. We went out dancing with our friends from Salsa class because one discoteca plays salsa music on Wednesdays. Our instructor was not able to make it, but I'm hoping we would have made him proud regardless.
Thursday, everyone was a little cansado. We went to San Andres Xecul after lunch. There are two beautiful churches. A man from there invited us to visit his house where they dye the thread that is shipped off to Salcajá. That was a really neat experience!
Little yellow church and big yellow church!
You can see the big yellow church in the center!
By the time we made it dance class in the afternoon, we were pretty much pooped. Class was almost a little sad because of the lack of animo and energy. Ángel actually laid down and fell asleep. Thursday night was the last night for our med-school friends that we met so we hung out with them for a little while in Shamrock, playing giant Jenga and dancing.
Shout-out to the best DJ in Xela.
Friday, class went well! I've been working this week on the past perfect subjective, which I find to be the most complex tense. I'm so glad that I am getting to work on it though! I have adored my time with Edna, she is amazing! I don't remember which day, but one day, we started talking about the Bible and she was asking me about some verses so I ran to my room and grabbed my Spanish Bible and my English Bible and we flipped through them and talked about some verses that she mentioned that she didn't quite understand. It was amazing and very exciting to share and talk about that.
In the afternoon, we went to the Megapaca, a giant thrift store that I could have spent six hours in- I wanted my mommy so badly! I needed a replacement raincoat and I ended up finding a really nice grey one. I have also worn out my slip-on sneakers that I brought so I bought a pair of sneakers too. All for about $10 bucks. Mom- you would have absolutely loved it!
As soon as we got back to the house, I left with Onelia, because her mid-year vacations started and she was leaving to go back to Jacaltenango, but she wanted to take me out first. We went to a big mall (this is the one that has the Walmart inside) and we spent a long time in a super fun store called Bulock's. You know the cute, cheap clothing that you see advertised on your Facebook from those Chinese companies? It was basically that. It was just fun looking at everything!
Then we went to the food court and got Chinese food. It was so delicious! Thanks so much to my precious Onelia. I love her bunches!
When we got back, we hung out for a bit, then Antulio, Suceli, and I went out walking. We went to parque central, where there was a charity event going on. A guy came out and sang a bunch of Cumbia songs, which was fun! On the way home, I got to test out my new rain jacket because it rained on us the whole time. It works pretty good!
This morning, Helene, Cyndita, and I went to the La muela which is the top of a non-active volcano. This is the volcano that I can see out my window. It was lots of fun and we took some really fun pictures!
Can't beat this view.
Thanks for reading! One week and three days remain! I can't believe how it has flown by. Stay tuned for the final adventures!
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