The last couple of days at the orphanage have been great. Especially teaching karate to the girls because they are so excited about it. We have been continuing to practice the basic kicks, blocks, and punches and on Wednesday we did some easy techniques. I showed them choke hold from behind, bear hung from behind, and crossing talon. Some of them have had some karate in the past and even showed me a technique they all ready new. It was for when someone grabs your hair. Besides practicing a lot of karate we have been playing a lot of volleyball and cards. And on Tuesday I brought nail polish and we all spent a while painting our nails. The girls were so funny because they would paint their nails and it would look nice, and then they would take it off because they wanted to paint them again. By this time their nails just looked messy and gross aha. When they were done painting their nails they all sang a thank you song for bringing the nail polish. It was so cute and they have really beautiful voices!! I really feel like I'm connecting great with the girls now and they all seem to really love me. They always want me to practice more karate or volleyball with them. I feel like I'm really making an influence in their lives and giving them a lot of love which they need.
Spanish classes continue to go well. On Tuesday morning Walter and I walked around Cusco for a while and then went to the Chocolate Museum. I learned how chocolate is made and about the different parts of the tree.And I got to try a few pieces of chocolate along with chocolate tea.
I really like the new girls that are staying with us. They are really nice and a lot of fun!! The other three new volunteers that live in a house nearby are also really nice. They go to Spanish school at the same time as me so we take a taxi together.
Tuesday was a really fun night. Ellen (girl from UK), Jade (from Paris), Heather, Sean (a volunteer who was with abroader view but now is with a different volunteer program-and lives near us), and I went to a restaurant for quiz night. The restaurant was really cool because it was kid themed and a charity. The guy who owns in runs school programs for local kids. The money from the games went to the charity. First we played bingo, and then trivia game. There was trivia from different categories like history, art, sports, music, etc.. Some were really hard and some questions really easy. An example of a hard one is what women holds the world pole vault record. And easier one was what year did the 2nd Iraq War start and who was Brad Pitt's first wife. Anyways it was a really fun night! Wednesday night Ellen and I went to the Plaza de Armas for some shopping and dessert. We then came back towatch a movie which I fell asleep during.
Heather and I are off to Colca Canyon for the weekend. We will be gone for 4 nights, 2 of which are on a 10 hour bus ride. Will update when I get back and tell all about Colca Canyon- the deepest canyon in the world!
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