Creatures and Cow pies

Today was the first day of school! I would have probably been more excited except my allergies have me feeling wretched. Overall it went pretty well. I teach 5th grade, 6th, 7th, 8th, grade Spanish and then Spanish 1, 2, and 3. So basically I have 1o year olds through high school seniors. The schedule is not completely ironed out and it is so much complicated here just because we are in a Spanish speaking country and so every level of Spanish has three levels within it--beginner, intermediate and advanced. I usually teach intermediate there are two other spanish teachers.
I had one student who was born here in Bolivia run into my room and ask if he could speak Spanish in my room. I said of course. The students are not allowed to speak any Spanish except in Spanish class.

Right after school we had to go with the same guy as Wednesday to finish up with the carnet process. This time it was a mug shot and our finger prints so they could make sure we were not criminals. They took our picture from the front and from the side with us looking forward. Mike and Andrea both arrived the same time we did so they were with us for this process. After that we caught a cab and went to a great Cuban restaurant downtown. The walls were covered in writing from guests from around the world. Grant ordered a dish called old clothes in Spanish. It was pulled beef--the food was delicious. The restaurant was by the cathedral and major plaza.

When we got back the taxi dropped us off at the school because Andrea left her keys there so we had to walk home from there in the dark! The field was really dark and the only thing I could think as we were walking was how many creatures and cow pies there were and I had no idea if I was walking right into them. I managed to get home with pretty clean shoes however. :)