Midnight Serenading

So we have been experiencing technical difficulties and we have not had internet for the last week. We aren’t sure when we will have internet again at our house. On Friday night we went to Mike’s house and participated in a very Bolivian tradition of singing to whoever has a birthday at midnight. The birthday person goes to bed and acts surprised but they have cake and pop for all their friends who come and sing. Since Mike didn’t know about the tradition we brought the cake. You don’t knock you just stand at the door and sing loudly the six happy birthday songs they have here in Bolivia until everyone is awake.

Saturday Grant and I went downtown and shopped around a bit but didn’t buy anything and then we went and checked out the Cine Center which is the movie complex here. It is very new and very nice inside. It has a food court and an arcade. We decided to see a movie and there were posters on the wall of the movies and underneath it said En Espanol if it was in Spanish. We decided to see Ratatouille and when the movie started we found out it was in Spanish so I went out and asked if we could switch because my husband didn’t speak Spanish and we were confused J So we saw Ocean’s 13 instead and it was great. One of the missionaries here said if she ever needed a break and to feel like she is in the States at home again she goes to the movies. The tickets cost about $2.50.

After the movie we went to the grocery store and found everything we needed including some ice-cream J That night I cooked something that wasn’t quick and easy. We had to ask our neighbor how to light the gas oven but we have that down pat now except that we broke our lighter so we need a new one.