Week three :)

Hola amigos!

Week three was fun! The first couple days I continued to prepare my student (Adrian) for the spelling bee which took place on Tuesday morning! Adrian placed 4th out of 30 in his category! It was an exciting event for all participants, English teachers, judges and spectators. 

There were several events being held at the school last week including a MATHLETES CONTEST! But unlike Mean Girls the participants were all from Calderon, the buzzer was an actual light bulb on a table in the middle of the stage (which participants would race to once they figured out the answer to the math question) and no one won a matheltes jacket. The event also incorporated participation from audience members which was pretty fun. 

Another event at the school included an afternoon of cultural displays of different South American countries put on by the primary school students. They were very cute singing and  dancing in their costumes reciting facts about which ever country they were assigned. There was lots of different  food to try! My favourite has got to be plantain with a slice of cheese on top! At one point I'm pretty sure one of our English teachers (Betty) said she was eating genital soup... Like I said lots of different things to try...

THE WEEKEND! We went to Mindo where we visited a butterfly farm and got to feed them. We also witnessed some hatch from their cocoons! The best part was the tubing in the rapids which we did not expect to do at all. It was basically white water rafting but on huge tubes tied together with a guide of course (no waiver signed lol). We initially understood 'butterfly tubing' on our itineraries to be chilling in a tube while going through parts of the river with lots of butterflies hahahaha silly us. Then we did some hiking and stopped to take pictures next waterfalls! 

Banos next weekend!

M