Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Wednesday in Ollantaytambo

Aside from the slight delays on the way here to the beautiful Ollantaytambo it was completely worth it to see the picture-perfect mountains that we woke up to this morning. The long plane ride, to the other plane ride that got cancelled, to the bus ride were all very scenic; however, looking out off the side of the road and seeing the true beauty of the natural valleys was worth the wait. Today, we had some fresh eggs and toast to start off our day which then was followed by a day of service. We went to the local primary school and cleaned up the patio area and then left for a lunch with our host families and chaperones, who helped greatly with our Spanish. They were very inviting and soon enough, they were teaching us the other languages of the village. We went back to work for a few hours and closed the day with a reflection and then a nice dinner with the host families,this time depending on our own Spanish. They helped us out tremendously and some of them had English speakers staying at their houses too, which helped greatly. Overall, it was a very memorable day. 

Note from the chaperones:
This blog post was written by Steffi, who was leader of the day with Bridget. In the morning, Bridget will be posting some of her photos. They did a terrific job planning our work today and keeping everyone excited about our tasks.  

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