Hello and Happy Easter!
The first week is already over and we´ve done so much already! Admittedly, I haven´t posted anything about it, but there doesn´t seem to be any spare time!
I seem to be famous across the district but unfortunately it is only for being always being tired! I´m not used to having to do things every day. Plus the whole eating at 10 or 11pm and going to bed at 3am takes some getting used to (admittedly i´ve only stayed up to 3am once but the tiredness carries over!).
My foster family have been so lovely, it is a shame to leave them so soon - although i´m sure Rodriguez will be pleased to not have to sleep on his sisters floor anymore! I will certainly miss everyone, and say a sad farewell to Lola, the family dog. She is constantly running around in a frenzy (loco Lola) which really helps to distract people when i get stuck attempting a conversation. My spanish isn´t very good, i don´t have the ear for it, but i have a few words - mostly relating to I don´t understand!
The week has been action packed as the other posts have already said. I really enjoyed the day at Tigres yesterday. The boat trip was very relaxing, athough it coul havedne with being a touch warmer. I loved the mercado (market) which was all handcraft stalls. There´s some really interesting stuff made out of unwanted items essentially, but some of the items requie a lot of skill to make. I bought a very nice new bag seeing as mine broke on the first day and the price was a bargain!
I also had a fantastic time at the cosmetics lab i went to (and no, there is no need to protest about animal testing at this site- they send it out for someone else to do : p). It was really interesting to see a cosmetics lab and the process is pretty much all manual, so it´s proper science- just sloshing chemicals about (ok, so it wasn´t quite like that, but i loved the practical side). It was amazing how much I understood, even thouh the tour was in Spanish, just because i work in the same field. Although I think E. coli is fairly universal! I loved the tour and can´t wait for my next vocatinal visit.
The rotarians here are so lovely. They are really trying hard to speak English and the language barrier has actually been a great source of unity as each of you tries to understand the other (although i would like to know a bit more spanish - but hopefully i might even manage a sentence before the end of the month!).
I shall try to post more often, but now it is time for dinner.
Ciao,
Zara
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