Where to begin??!

Sorry for the lack of communication recently. The internet here is so slow these days I tend not to bother using it! However I thought I'd give it a try now as I have so much to say. The good news is we are changing servers next week to a faster provider so hopefully things will improve! Now....where to begin...

Ok. On the 10th September we had 'Children's Day' which turned out to be fun. Lots of pinatas and therefore children with sticks, but it was good. Profe Edit came and helped me in the class as I had Grade 1 and so the party was best in Spanish. It was very Honduran, the parents provided the food but we ate in an interesting order - ice-cream and cake, followed by crisps and biscuits, followed by sweets and then finally chicken and rice - which they obviously were too full to eat. It was a good day,although the children were high as kites!

Then on the Friday we had our Independence Day March through town. The other schools mostly had marching bands (Samba style) but we had a float with children dressed as animals on it!!? The theme was environment and health. We weren't so much marching as going for a gentle stroll I think. As we started Profe Edit came and told me not to dance!! The drums and the Smaba rhythm made that slightly difficult for me I have to say. We 'ambled' along the streets and as we got closer to the main stage where the schools stopped to salute to the mayor and dignitaries Mark and I were suddenly stopped by soldiers who tried to push us into the crowd. Some of the parents rushed over to explain to them that we were teachers and were supposed to be the children but they weren't having it and as the soldiers had big guns we had to leave the parade!! We were allowed to catch up with the school a bit later on. It was amusing though as all the others were allowed to march!!
The next day was actually Independence Day itself and the High School was marching so I went down with them which was impressive to watch. Some of the other school bands are amazing to say the least.

I will include more photos shortly!