We spent three days with my original host family in the community of J.A. Saldivar (where I lived for my first three months in Paraguay). We then headed up to Horqueta to meet and spend time with my gente (meaning neighbors, friends and fellow peace corps volunteers). She was able to visit the municipality, the public library, the carpenter and the welder. She took advantage of the services that the shoe maker and the jewelry maker had to offer - and left with cute new sandles and gold hoop earrings! The crowning moment of her time in Horqueta is probably when she set the bar so high for PCV parents, when she showed off her amazing dance moves at her despedia bbq (good-bye party). And not to mention, gave a speech that left no dry eye in the house (ni Paraguayan or american) about how much she loved seeing my life, meeting my people and how proud she is. (I turned pink!)
She decided that she loved spending time in my community so much that she didn´t want to visit Iguzu Falls (the ONLY toursit attraction that Paraguay has to offer!). Paraguayans were impressed and honored that she wanted to spend so much time with them! In the middle of the trip one morning out of no where she said, ¨This is unlike any summer vacation I have ever had!¨ Which I took as a compliment!
We finished our adventure with a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We shopped til we dropped, slept in the most comfortable beds I have seen in over a year, ate great beef and capresi salads everyday, had hot showers and were able to flush our toilet paper; it was kind of like heaven! Mom said she was glad that we did the luxurious part of our trip second, because it made her soft and she didnt know if she would have been able to handle Paraguay otherwise.
But in all seriousness she was a fabulous travel companion without even one complaint!
She decided that she loved spending time in my community so much that she didn´t want to visit Iguzu Falls (the ONLY toursit attraction that Paraguay has to offer!). Paraguayans were impressed and honored that she wanted to spend so much time with them! In the middle of the trip one morning out of no where she said, ¨This is unlike any summer vacation I have ever had!¨ Which I took as a compliment!
We finished our adventure with a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We shopped til we dropped, slept in the most comfortable beds I have seen in over a year, ate great beef and capresi salads everyday, had hot showers and were able to flush our toilet paper; it was kind of like heaven! Mom said she was glad that we did the luxurious part of our trip second, because it made her soft and she didnt know if she would have been able to handle Paraguay otherwise.
But in all seriousness she was a fabulous travel companion without even one complaint!
The world travelers! On our way back to Paraguay after a non-stop week of fun in Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Mom, Ña Olga (in blue hat), Lorena (9, in green hat), Gloria (5, in pink hat), Paola (13, in pink hat too!) and me (in green with the twins hat!)
This is us with my first and most wonderful host family. We stayed with them for three days and mom brought my ¨other¨ mom a sewing machine so they could share passions! Translating sewing machine terms was a new activity for me!
Here she is after she made it home. She is wearing her Ao´poi (traditional Paraguayan shirt) that Ña Olga made for her, with Will in his new Paraguayan soccer jersey.
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