Melody had a long day today since she taught two classes today. This morning was a 1 on 1 session with a girl who has been doing manicures and pedicures already. Melody said she was pretty good, but needed to work on her cleanliness and be more careful not to knick her clients when trimming the cuticles. The afternoon class had 7 girls show up. This class was a fair bit more challenging because none of them had done any spa services before, she had to work with the translator and most of these girls have not had more than a grade 2 education, so everything moved along very slowly. Overall the day was pretty successful.
If any of the girls have kids of their own, they are provided childrens activities in another room and a snack to keep them busy while their moms are in class. The kids room has lots of little toys that have been donated and just lets the kids be kids for a while.
Like I mentioned before, lunch time here runs from about noon to 2:30 in the afternoon, which bugs the heck out of me, but thats the way it is. One of the new things we have come to enjoy is a fruit called achachairu. Its a strange little fruit that has a thick rind on it that you crack with your thumb nail, then you squeeze it until it splits open. Inside you find a fuzzy white ball which doesn't look very appealing, but trust me it tastes great. It has couple of big seeds in the middle, so you don't get much for your work, but they are dirt cheap so there is lots to go around. Here are some pictures.
It was a ridiculously hot day today and very humid, so Ken suggested we go down to the plaza tonight for some ice cream. He has been bragging about it ever since we got here so we agreed. I have to say he was right. It was some of the best ice cream I've ever had. I tried a berry flavor called mora which is very similar to blackberry and will be trying to find some fresh ones at the market the next time we go. I also tried to take a couple of pictures of the Cathedral but didn't have my tripod so this is the best I could do.
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