What an awesome day. We went to the plaza de armas downtown, and ate at a really good restaurant looking over the square. After lunch, we took a taxi to Dr. Mayes's kids' school, then walked with his son Tim to the orphanage. On our way, we ran into a wedding ceremony, which was really neat to see. They were playing traditional Andean music, but I'm pretty sure it was a Catholic ceremony. When we got to the orphanage, we played soccer with the kids, which was so fun (I nicknamed one of the boys Ronaldino). It's funny because as we were walking to the field, we saw a cow just hanging out in the goal, minding its business...let's just say that we were in a rural area. We met two other American girls working in the orphanage from UNC. They are living/working there for eight weeks over the summer...cool girls...definately free spirits. In the future, I would love to do something similar to what they're doing now at the orphanage. On our walk back to the hotel, we ran into some shepards hearding sheep and donkeys. The donkeys were literally right behind us--if we hadn't moved out of the way, they probably would have just walked right through (or over) us. After the cattle incident we stopped at a tienda, and a man drove up in a flat-bed, offering us a ride. We jumped in the back and rode on the bumpy dirt path all the way to the river, which was only about half a mile from our hotel. I'm exhausted, but it was well worth it.
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