I went with Yonseili to the internet cafe to print out stuff. We went down Genovesa and Yonseili bought a sandwich on that street. I believe they were called "megasanduches." She got the sandwich to go and came over to my house to eat it, otherwise Clementine would chew her out or tell on her or... so many things...
We had told Joaquin we'd pick him up at school so that he could see the mercado artesanal so that's what we did at 1pm. He took the bicycle to school today therefore we had to ask the new guard to please look out for it while we came back. At the market we bought a few things ourselves and Joaquin didn't really buy anything. We split up from Yonseili because he was hungry and we looked for a place where he can grab a sandwich. Yonseili caught up to us and we both went to some random place down the street. We didn't go back to the market but we did go to a nearby CoffeeTree. There we got nachos and drinks to just hang out... until we heard thunder and right in the middle of her talking Yonseili said, "We need to go now" and continued talking. It was pretty funny. We got our check and went for a taxi. While we were sitting we saw several people nearby sitting by a monument/statue and the girls in the group were getting their hair braided with beads and stuff. We were tempted to do it. Maybe before we leave?
We dropped off Yonseili at school and I walked home with Joaquin since he had his bicycle. It was raining but not too much thank God. I had lunch at home and after that went to the ATM with Joaquin and Juan Jose since Joaquin needed money. We went to Yonseili's and my dear Fybeca. I got medicine as he was at the ATM. Then we waited for a while until Juan Jose was done looking at all the toys in there. As we were walking home we had to hurry a bit because it started to sprinkle and we wouldn't want John Joe to get sick. All four -Adriana, John Joe, Joaquin and I- played one game of Jenga and then it was just Joaquin and me. I had been wanting to play for the longest time so I was happy I finally got to. I beat Joaquin in a 2 out of 3 game. He wasn't too happy, but it was funny.
Then we watched Alice in Wonderland in my host parents' room. A very good movie. The best part was watching John Joe get all excited and yell at Alice, "¡Salvate Alicia!" as he moved his hands excitedly. For dinner we had empanadas and they were good. Tonight's plans, originally, were to go to La Ronda with Carlos and Adriana but they backed out because of the weather. Us three still went and while we waited for the taxi that never arrived, we played category. We finally decided to just go out and look for one.
La Ronda was definitely a love more lively than Wednesday and so we went to the first restaurant that Brian, Yonseili and I went to there. I got my chocolate with four pieces of fresh cheese. We explained to Joaquin you could put the cheese in there and he freaked out. He thought it was extremely weird. We walked around for a while, he tried the Canelazo and liked it, and overall liked La Ronda. ¡Buenas noches!
Highlight of the day: I must say it was Juan Jose’s reactions to the movie! It was great to see how a little kid can get into a movie like that.
'chocolate and cheese': sounds like the title of a book. it surely is a metaphor for the entire experience. two things that by themselves have a 'ready' identity. put them together and they assume a third identity, with many permutations. interesting!
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