WARNING: This post contains pictures of super cute children and some pictures of pigs being roasted. View at your own risk!
With only two weeks until I will be heading back to the States (I am sooooo excited), I wanted to fill ya'll in on what I have been up to lately. Since I last posted back in October, rainy season has officially ended (yes!) and 'winter' is now in full swing (no!). In my site 'winter' means that at night it drops down to the low 50s (this is just me guessing, as there is no weather.com temperature reading for La Florida). My room gets pretty chilly at night but I have been hunkering down under some extra blankets and sleeping in my fleece. It should be noted that I spent 6 years living on the equator and then the last 5 in Texas. I may be a bit of a wimp when it comes to any temperatures below 70 degrees. The school year finished up mid November and I have spent the past few days attending a number of graduation ceremonies (two different kindergarten graduations, the 6th grade graduation and the high school graduation as well). Work has been dwindling down for me as the school year ended and everyone else is getting ready to harvest their coffee crops. I have been filling my time by playing a lot of soccer with the kids in town and doing a lot of reading! The high-light of the past month for me has definitely been my two Thanksgiving celebrations!
I spent Thanksgiving day with 30 other PCVs at an Orphanage in La Paz. We headed over to the orphanage Thursday afternoon with all the fixings for an authentic Thanksgiving meal! We had turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce and homemade bread just to name a few things. Don't even get me started on all the desserts! I had a wonderful day with the kids and the other PCVs. I am already looking forward to doing it all over again next year!
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| Just some of the food waiting to be taken over to the orphanage! |
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| My contribution, two of the three apple cakes I made before they were frosted! |
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| One of the many piggy back rides I gave that day! |
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| One of the girls enjoying here Thanksgiving meal! |
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| Chaos! |
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| The kids digging in! |
The following day, I headed to Yamaranguila with a group of friends to attend a pig roast! I will be the first to admit that I was a little skeptical at first but the weekend ended up being a blast and the pig was delicious!
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| Our dinner, Wilbur and Snowball |
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| The pig roasting pit under construction |
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| Putting some marinade on the pig |
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| Flipping the pig |
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| Cooking like real catrachos on a fagon |
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| Killing time waiting for the pigs to finish! |
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| Ryan, anxiously awaiting some roast pig! |
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| The finished product |
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| A machete is totally necessary when cutting up a roast pig |
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| Feeding the neighborhood dog a snack |
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| The perfect ending to a perfect Thanksgiving! |
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