To The End of the Road

We decided to take a little drive yesterday to see how far we could get. Well, went as far as we could before we got hungry. But we ended up stopping at an old restaurant and hotel that really is almost at the very end of the only road that leads outside of the city. We just sat around with friends enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and delicious food. And it felt great to get out.

A New Painting

So not much is happening here except a lot of teaching and flying. Nothing too exciting to report. But I did find a canvas I forgot about and had a lot of painting this. Hopefully I´ll find some more free time to continue painting.

Feliz Año Nuevo

We spent our New Year´s here in Iquitos at an Air Force party. They served us dinner, lots of champagne, and grapes to eat at midnight. There was a brief ceremony where some officers changed their ranks from Lieutenant to Captain or Captain to Major. As is tradition these promoted officers were drenched in champagne. All the decorations were in gold and yellow, which symbolize the new year here. We danced and partied for as long as we could. I hope you all had a great New Year´s.

Last Day at the Preschool

Over two weeks ago I had my last day with my preschoolers. The school year has ended and they are now on their summer break which will last untill about March. We had a little party on our last day. We had a clown, lots of food, music, and cake to celebrate. I´ll miss these sweet kids, Here´s some pictures I took at our celebration.

Spending Christmas in Iquitos

Well, our second Christmas in Iquitos was a success. We spent the day of Christmas Eve hanging out in the house trying to hide from the heat, it was uncomfortably hot. We barbequed for lunch and then saved our appetites for the big meal at midnight (typically the time when Peruvians eat their Christmas Eve meal). We went to church and then over to join our friends at their house. We were in charge of the hot chocolate, champagne, and Arabic rice. The meal was delicious and it was a lot of fun slipping into a food/champagne coma with good friends. We spent Christmas day having a lazy morning and relaxing by the pool followed by watching Christmas movies on TV.

Garlic had a nice lazy Christmas too. He followed us around the house in between all of his naps. Our other cat has temporarily run away. We´re hoping that he´ll return soon because we miss him, and so does Garlic.

We also played with some fireworks and sparklers, as is tradition in Peru. You´ll hear the sounds of fireworks gioing off everywher all over the city around midnight.

My friend actually created a big snowman for her front yard. And she made the whole thing by hand! A wired shape and a white cloth for the body, a cardboard hat, a real broom, and some construction paper for the details. It was pretty impressive.

It was a great Christmas because we also had the chance to skype with family back home. I hope you all had a great Christmas!