Easter Sunday

Signe, Beth, and Jennifer met me at my place at 11:30 this morning and we all walked down to the Jardin to watch the "burning of Judas," which is a paper mache life size figure that is blown up with firecrackers. They actually blow up about 12 figures and it's a pretty fun event, although it's very loud. Afterward, Signe, Jennifer and I went to Mama Mia's, which offers a great Sunday brunch. Then we walked up to Signe's house to take a look. It's a very large casita, three stories, and really beautiful...very traditional San Miguel. We had freshly made lemonado (which is made with limes, water, and sugar). Then Jennifer and I walked over to Gerri's - a classmate of Jennifer's - to study Spanish. She also lives in a beautiful house that she's renting. She served appetizers and wine and we talked more about the experiences she's had living in the Gaza Strip, and other equally exotic places, than we did studying Spanish. It was a really nice evening.

I took lots of pictures today...over 150. Pictures of the multiple Judas' being blown up, and the beautiful houses we saw today. Unfortunately, I experienced my first photography snafu. I downloaded all the pictures to my computer and then deleted them off of the camera card. BUT, the computer file to which I'd copied the photos experienced an error, so I lost all the pictures!! Very disappointing. Lesson learned: DO NOT DELETE PHOTOS OFF THE CARD UNTIL THE DOWLOADED COMPUTER FILE HAS BEEN VERIFIED. Tough lesson, and bad timing. Darn.

Instead of pictures, today is a story. Pat, the owner of Casa de Aparicio (where I'm staying) gave me this story because I told her I like good writing. It's written by a man who visits San Miguel often and the places referenced are very nearby. So I took some photos and embedded them. I really like this story!!

Click Here to read the story.....Doña Trinidad Speaks of the Other

Back to school tomorrow. I'm going to check out the hotel across from school because I heard they have a hot stone massage for a very reasonable price. Maybe that will help me forget about all the pictures I lost....

I hope everyone back home had a VERY HAPPY EASTER!!