Day 5- Día 5

Tuesday, June 18

Today was our second day of school. After breakfast, we got ready for school. We went to school, had our classes, and then went to the market. We took a bus there, and split up into our classes. We looked around and saw so much stuff. There were DVDs, headphones, fruits and vegetables, cards, toys, traditional foods, and lots of other things. The name of the market is El Tianguis. We stayed there for about an hour and a half.  We returned to Casa Carmen for another delicious meal.

Lunch consisted of sopa de espinacas y chiles capeados. After a relaxing for a while, we left again for the school.  At school, a teacher who has been participating in Aztec dances for 15 years gave us a presentation about these rituals. The teacher had all of the necessary equipment for such a dance: “la lluvia” (a hollow bamboo pole with pebbles inside to create rain sound), “el caracol” (a conch shell used to call the dancers to the ceremony,  “el penacho” (the ceremonial headdress with many feathers), “el atuendo” (the attire needed), and many more.  We all put on the attire and performed the Aztec dance, following the teacher’s lead.  After our Aztec dancing, we left for the park to play basketball.  We returned to Casa Carmen tired, and we rested until dinner.  Dinner consisted of soup and churros with hot chocolate.  When asked about the churros, Kai said, “I died from how good it was.” We all gathered in the television room to watch game six of the NBA finals before going to bed.

~William Randall and Robert Shekoyan

Martes, 18 de junio

Hoy era el segundo día de clases.  Después del desayuno, nos arreglamos para ir a la escuela.  Fuimos a la escuela, tomamos las clases, y fuimos al mercado.  Tomamos un autobús al mercado y los maestros nos dividieron en nuestras clases.  Había DVDs, audífonos, frutas y verduras, cartas, juguetes, comida tradicional, y mucho más.  El nombre del Mercado es El Tianguis.  Nos quedamos allí por una hora y media.  Regresamos a la Casa Carmen para otra comida deliciosa. 

El almuerzo consistía en sopa de espinacas y chiles capeados.  Después de descansar un poco, fuimos a la escuela.  El maestro nos dio una presentación sobre los rituales aztecas.  El maestro ha estudiado los bailes aztecas por quince años.  También, tuvo todo lo necesario para el baile: “la lluvia,”  “el caracol,” “el penacho,” “el atuendo,” y mucho más.  Nos pusimos el atuendo y bailamos con el maestro.  Después del baile, fuimos al parque para jugar al baloncesto.  Regresamos a la Casa Carmen y cenamos. Comimos sopa y churros con chocolate caliente.  Kai dijo sobre los churros, “I died from how good it was.” Por fin, todos se reunieron en la sala para ver el sexto partido de los finales del NBA.

~William Randall y Robert Shekoyan