¡Feliz Día de la
Resurrección! Easter was quiet and awesome. I went to Mass in the morning
and we sang happy songs and heard about Jesus’ conquering death. I made Easter
egg coffee cake with raisins and coconut for my family and I hid eggs the night
before, so my host mom excitedly found a few today. My US parents sent my Colombian
family an Easter basket, too, so I pulled that out and we shared the treats
inside. ¡Jesús ha resucitado! ¡Qué viva!
Going back to school was good and I heard lots of stories
about what students and teachers did during the break. Then, on Wednesday, a
group of volunteers celebrated 2 volunteers’ birthdays at one of many delicious
local pizza restaurants. This week, I’m starting Food Literacy Educator
training with The Cookbook Project, so I’ll be excited to see where that takes
me.
Friday was Jean Day at my school, so the students wore
“street” clothes and we had a dance party during recess. On Saturday, I went to
a vegetarian restaurant in the Centro with a volunteer who works near my
house…the restaurant was down a side street, so hopefully I’ll be able to find
it again…
- I started wishing everyone a Feliz Pascua, but there were a few people who didn’t know what I
was talking about, so you might want to specify the Resurrection when you wish
people a happy day.
- I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but students in
public schools wear uniforms here. In fact, even the private schools here seem
to require uniforms. The argument is that this creates equality among students
and I’ve heard many opinions either way, though uniforms most likely won’t be
changing any time soon, if they ever do.
- Govinda’s Vegetarian Restaurant is on Calle 16, just off
La Quinta. If you’re not sure where that is, just walk up La Quinta and turn
onto the street with the tall black wall and all the smoothie and juice
vendors. Govinda’s has a corriente
menu with a soup, an entrée with a main dish and salad, and a drink all for
about 8 mil (that’s 8,000 Colombian pesos – gotta love Spanglish!), so it’s a
good deal for good food.
- Ronda de Vocales
(a children’s song about the vowels):
Salió la A. Salió la
A. No sé adónde va. 2x
A cómprale un regalo a
mi mamá. A cómprale un regalo a su mamá.
Salió la E. Salió la
E. No sé adónde fue. 2x
Fui con mi tía, Marta,
a tomar té. Fue con su tía, Marta, a tomar té. 2x
Salió la I. Salió la
I. Y yo no la sentí. 2x
Fui a comprar un punto
para mi. Fue a comprar un puntico para ti.
Salió la O. Salió la
O. Y casi no volvió. 2x
Fui a comer tamales y
engordó. Fue a comer tamales y engordó.
Salió la U. Salió la
U. ¿Y qué me dices tú? 2x
Salí en mi bicicleta y
llegue al Perú. Salí en su bicicleta y llegó al Perú.
A E I O U (¡A E!)
A E I O U
A E I O U (¡I O!)
A E
I O U
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