One week to go...

One week to go. Can you even believe it! I am just amazed at how fast time goes. Sally is now down to one nap a day, and one quiet time. She’s getting more verbal and more stubborn. It’s going to be interesting traveling during the day on our way home. We spend the night in Oruro last week on Mon-Tues. Sally and I played in the plaza’s and then found some new friends from Argentina. I really hope to run into them again before we leave. They were on their way to LaPaz when we met them. They are artists from Buenos Aires. We had lunch with Kate at a tipical Bolivian restaurant. It was 5 courses. Then we did some sightseeing of Oruro. I got some interesting pictures of an old mining community that used to be wealthy to Bolivian standards, and now…poor. Very interesting.
On Sunday we skipped church, again, and went to the prado for the street fair. It’s just too fun to resist. We bought some more Christmas presents and enjoyed some Tucumanos smothered in peanut sauce. You walk up to the kiosk, similar to at a fair and ask for what you want. In front of you on the counter are juice pitchers, each filled with a different sauce to put on the Tucumano. It’s halfmoon pastry filled with potatoes, ground beef and pulled chicken. There was a green spicy cilantro, red picante, mild peanut and a few other sauces. We like the peanut. You stand at the counter and put small amounts of the sauces on your pocket, take a bite and repeat. You have to push through the crowd to get more sauce but it’s so fun. Sally ate two by herself the other day by the park. It’s always sunny and warm in the middle of the day so it’s fun to wander the prado. We looked at paintings and art like we do every Sunday but it really never gets old! This coming week we have a good bye lunch with Doug’s colleagues. Then he is giving a presentation Thursday on his report on the Juvenile justice system regulations to the people at Save the Children. I’m so proud of him. He’s done so well. I’ve been getting better at conversations by myself. I had to learn how to say, I lost my phone, have you seen it! I left the park with Sally and never saw it again. The time is coming to an end. Not many adventures left. Sad. I’m not ready to go back yet, but I am ready to see my family and some friends. Thanks for following. It’s been great to share with you all.