July 23 Friday - 11am concise teacher training until 2pm.Agenda: responsibilities as a volunteer, assignments due throughout the semester, video project initiative.
The group had decided to split to go sightseeing or shopping; after lunch at 3pm the rain continued forcing us to shop for those little items we had forgotten. Keep in mind our mode of transportation is walking.
Field Trip- Finally back at the hostel to meet the professors for the field trip to a local eatery. 6:30pm we are off walking to the metro. Soon enough we have arrived to a sketchy place, Pancho Causeo, that actually turned out to be great! We had picadas (finger food) , the Chorrillana (chorizo, meat, french fries, onion smothered in wine, all topped by two fried eggs). The other fingerfood was the Pichanga consisting of cold pork, cheese, olives, tomatoes, sautee boiled potatoes. Both were delicious!!
The best part of our gathering was the drink "Terremoto" (earthquake), my friend Hannah and I shared because it was huge. This drink is famous here, it consists of a natural wine called pipino+granadina+pineapple ice cream. Yes, the ice cream fools you into drinking more. Anyways, we all had Terremotos, its a tourist tradition.
As we left the eatery we were sad to depart our Spanish professors, but we will keep in contact through email. We walked back to the metro and got off at a place know for salsa dance lessons. Got there too late because of the rain. It continued to rain as we went from location to location looking for a place large enough for our group
Something to note about the dance places here, they are small and smoking is allowed inside. YUK! Since it was so rainy a few of us decided to go back to the hostel (11:45pm). The next advise to give, after 11pm take a taxi home. So, here we are 5 people packed into a taxi so small that one of us had to lay over the laps of the others. It was hilarious to see (if you could have been here).
The group had decided to split to go sightseeing or shopping; after lunch at 3pm the rain continued forcing us to shop for those little items we had forgotten. Keep in mind our mode of transportation is walking.
Field Trip- Finally back at the hostel to meet the professors for the field trip to a local eatery. 6:30pm we are off walking to the metro. Soon enough we have arrived to a sketchy place, Pancho Causeo, that actually turned out to be great! We had picadas (finger food) , the Chorrillana (chorizo, meat, french fries, onion smothered in wine, all topped by two fried eggs). The other fingerfood was the Pichanga consisting of cold pork, cheese, olives, tomatoes, sautee boiled potatoes. Both were delicious!!
The best part of our gathering was the drink "Terremoto" (earthquake), my friend Hannah and I shared because it was huge. This drink is famous here, it consists of a natural wine called pipino+granadina+pineapple ice cream. Yes, the ice cream fools you into drinking more. Anyways, we all had Terremotos, its a tourist tradition.
As we left the eatery we were sad to depart our Spanish professors, but we will keep in contact through email. We walked back to the metro and got off at a place know for salsa dance lessons. Got there too late because of the rain. It continued to rain as we went from location to location looking for a place large enough for our group
Something to note about the dance places here, they are small and smoking is allowed inside. YUK! Since it was so rainy a few of us decided to go back to the hostel (11:45pm). The next advise to give, after 11pm take a taxi home. So, here we are 5 people packed into a taxi so small that one of us had to lay over the laps of the others. It was hilarious to see (if you could have been here).
Rain, rain, go away, come back some other day...
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