Mother's Day

Well, I actually forgot it was Mother's Day until I opened my email and found messages from my family.
Today Monica and I went to the Institute Sagrado Familia's 16th birthday celebrations. It started aroung 10.30 with a mass in the courtyard, then the students had all made food (or their mother's had) to sell to raise money. I had a tarta - a pie with ham and cheese, some small balls of cooked flour and cheese - sounds dry right, they sure were. They are typical of this region apparently. The las thing I tried was choripan - chorizo sausage in a bread roll, delicious. The chorizos were cooked over coals on an open grill. the guy just set fire to a whole bag of charcoal and waited until it had fallen through the grill, then put the chorizos on to cook. A couple of times the charcoal exploded sending hot coals up into the air but no one seemed to worry. Then a group of students performed some national dancing. It was wonderful, the guys especially looked fantastic in their costumes. I have photos and will eventually share them with you. We left to come home around 2pm. All in all a nice day.
BAck to school tomorrow and the usual routines.
Take care, be good, smile at someone you don't know!
Hasta luego
Viv