Dia De Madre and Puke in a Can

Que Tal,

This past weekend was interesting. I did some form of running with the bulls on Saturday. If you remember, fiestas patronales lasts for 3 weeks; well this week’s event was a running with the bulls. Now, don´t get me wrong, it was fun and exciting, but it was nothing like the Pamplona version. The fun consisted of 4 bulls being released in intervals, with people throwing rocks and hitting them with sticks to get them mad and go crazy. They were tied to men on horses to avoid any deaths or other serious injuries. Overall the experience was very fun, and I enjoyed it, although I was a delicious tomato after all the sun.

On Sunday, may 30th, we celebrated mothers day, witch was correct as it was mothers day here. It is a very large spectacle here, everyone talk´s all day and gives presents to their mothers; I gave my mom a fun little care package from the little tienda by my house that consisted of lotion and some other spay-smell good stuff. We proceeded to go to dinner, although we never ate a thing. My family ordered bottles of Flor de Caña rum with soda water. I was worried all night because I had homework which wasn’t yet complete, so while they partied, I drank coffee. Overall it was a fun event though. Ohh also while I was there, I saw another volunteer in my group named Jessica who had a bad reaction to the food and had to through up in the garbage can in plane view of everyone at the restaurant because the bathroom was occupied. HAHA

This week has been going great for me. It has gone by fast and I have been less busy. I talked with my shoemaker business that I am advising, as well as the group of high school seniors that we are teaching entrepreneurship classes to. The business advising is going pretty slow, I am just gathering information right now. The class however is in full swing. They are not quite as creative as I would like them to be, however they are great students that go out of their way to come to class after school so they can learn. I really appreciate that. Ill keep you updated with the class, because we have our competition at the end of our training and I want to dominate the other business groups with out students work.

That’s all Folks - Hope you all are doing well.