I received the sad news that my avo (grandmother) passed away yesterday and today was the funeral. Even though she was bed ridden and suffering after a stroke last year, I feel very sad that the matriarch of my family is no longer with us. I've never quite fulfilled her random aim for me to become a 'Bollywood actress'! There's still hope though, my Hindi has gotten a lot better. May she rest in peace.
We went to school as usual, and today was a good day for me because I stopped speaking English and have realised that I can actually form sentences with (mostly) correct grammar! Just 5 days of intensive classes has equipped us with the basics (in the present tense only!) and we've got 2 days to go to hopefully learn all the tenses and have a bigger vocabulary of the nouns and verbs.
We were meant to play a game of 'Bolivian volleyball' this evening - it's played indoors and sounds similar to squash but didn't have enough players so it was scrapped. Tomorrow we have signed up for a Spanish cooking class so stay tuned to see what typical Bolivan dish we cook!
After class, we decided to go to the supermarket and cook a meal in the hostel so bought some basic ingredients for a chorizo pasta Alfredo. Bernie pretty much cooked the whole thing and it was absolutely delish. There's something about cooking your own food that makes it seem healthier, even though we chucked in a ton of oil, butter and cream! We also bought some red wine which was great for me because I don't drink whiskey or too much beer. Can't wait to get to Chile and Argentina for the vino!
It's quite chilly tonight and everyone seems a bit tired from the hectic partying the past 5 days so looks like it's going to be an early night in. I really don't know what Bernie would do without his iPad!
Title translates to (I hope) "we are cooks".
Sucre university, 390 years old
Bernie cooking
The courtyard inside the university
One of the many churches
That pasta does look delish, good job Bernie! Looking forward to today's Bolivian dish.
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