Fruitas

Four of our group, Erika, Angel, Magaly and Margarita went for a midnight hike up to the top of a local volcanoe with the intention of capturing the sunrise from the top. They took some fantastic photographs and the colours were spectacular. They were very tired when the returned at about 12:00 and they had to teach classes in the afternoon.

This morning we had time to plan lessons for the next three classes. I decided to buy some fruit for the children and set off to find some. I walked up to the modern part of town and saw a lady selling fruit and so I bought a good selection from her. Her eyes opened wide when I said the I wanted ten of each. I think I might have been her best sale of the day. I got lost on the way back (not a surprise to those who know me well) and had no idea which direction I was supposed to go and it took me ages to find a street I recognised. The walk was very interesting and the people are so friendly. I stopped a woman and asked directions and I thought she was going to hug me. She smiled a lot and gave my arm a rub. I probably said something inappropriate in Spanish to her!

In the English class I used the fruit to get them to point out letters, then we did some counting with them and finally I got them, one by one, to say their name, how old they were and which was their favourite fruit. I then gave them the piece of fruit which they devoured straight away.

Tomorrow morning we are planning a play that we will be performing for the schools later on in the week. I'm playing the Queen and have made a crown. In the afternoon we will repeat this afternoon's lesson at one of the other schools.

Time is going quickly and we only have a few days left.