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La Paz, Bolivia -- Day 7

Hola. It's Kylie. I'm going to be writing today. Our day didn't start so well. Everyone was grumpy, and I didn't slept very well, so our morning was just a lot of "grumpus" (sigh). When we got to Spanish class (which I really enjoy), Dex and I greeted Bruce at the door with a "como estas?" and a "Bien, gracias."

After studying clothes in espanol, we started a game called Takenoko. It was a really fun game, and there were two characters -- a panda and a bamboo farmer. You got three cards and tried to complete what they said. At the thirty minute lunch break, I had a saltena (a pastry filled with egg, gravy and normaly some type of meat (in espanol, meat is "carne") and a plastic bag full of lemon juice.

Takenoko game

The Spanish school is in a courtyard and we seemed to be the only four people taking lessons right now. When class ended, we asked Bruce and Franz to come with us for lunch at a Cuban restaurant to thank them for all they had done for us. It was a very nice way to say goodbye.

Once we got back to the hotel, there wasn't much to do since we no longer had a room. Dad went outside to look for a pair of shoes, Dex worked on a website called Glogster, and Mom checked her email.

Shoes at the street market

New jacket for Dex

When it was dark, we walked a long ways through town with our backpacks to a busy street where our overnight bus was waiting. This was the fanciest bus I've every seen. The seats were huge and reclined way back, there was a TV, we got a small meal, and there was cool blue lights inside.

Off to the bus station

Our fancy overnight bus

Dad's note: blogs may not be very timely for a while.  We're looking forward to our time in Peru, Ecuador and then the US.  Hope to see some of you on the bike ride across the states and then back in the California at the beginning of August.