Hola!
Well, it's been a very busy 3 days, and this is the first opportunity I've had to get to a computer.
On Friday, 25th May, it was a public holiday here and the whole town gathered for a parade to celebrate the national holiday (see other blog)
I was part of the parade too, representing AFS. I was picked up from home at 9.45am and we went down to the main street to get into formation for the parade. I was part of the San Lucas school and got to march right behind their banner.
It took 2 hours to get everyone ready, I guess that's not too bad considering there are 30'000 people living here and every school and organisation was represented. Think Xmas/ANZAC parade type of thing with bands and all the political figures etc etc. Well, I was very proud, had my name mentioned over the loud speakers and all. Think I did a good job for New Zealand. Not many people here in Iguazu know anything about us, but they do now!
When the parade was finished I walked home and Monica and I hopped aboard a Collectivo (bus) for Brazil Centro. We wandered round for a couple of hours, then came home. A friend of Monica's came over that evening for a while.
On Saturday morning we were out of bed by 3am to catch the bus to San Ignacio. It is a town 5 hours south of here where there a some majestic ruins of a town. It was really beautiful. We were there most of the day, before catching another bus, and finally arrived home after 9pm that night.
This morning it was out of bed early again, as Monica (from AFS) took Monica (my host) and I to Brazil to the waterfalls there. From Brazil you can see the whole of the Cataratas and it is really impressive. You don't get as close to the falls as most of them are in Argentina, but you do see them all in one view.
We then went to Monica's house for the famous 'asado'. Monica's husband was the cook of course, just like NZ, the men work the BBQ!
The food was lovely, like ribs in NZ but with more meat on the bone. We had pork, and beef. After the main meal, Monica's husband served me some cheese and a fruit similar to a melon that had been preserved in a sugar syrup. It was good, but a little sweet for me.
As if we had not done enough, we then went to Aripuka, which is a tourist place which has enormous tree trunks and furniture and a large house made of huge trunks. It was interesting and I have photos of course.
When I get home I will get John to post some of the more interesting photos on this site.
It is now after 7pm and I haven't been home since early morning so will finish this now.
Till next time
Hasta la vista
Viv
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Hola amiga,
Third time lucky, I hope; I have tried twice before to add a comment and each time it has become deleted. I blame technology completely and I'm sure my competency was not a factor.
Anyway, you'll be thrilled (and proud) to know that the kids coped wonderfully with Spanish at camp. One student said she went automatically to use Spanish when ordering fries at McDonalds at the weekend, and it was only the strange look of the person behind the counter that made her realise she wasn't using English. Also, a few kids have been using Spanish at home, much to their parents' bewilderment. We are also now clear on the difference between el pez and el pescado as there were several episodes of using both words for the same fish - before and after catching and eating it.
Hasta luego.
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