Today we put up Christmas decorations over the doorways of the nursing home. We also helped the seniors who wished to attend mass into the small chapel onsite. After returning to home base, we took a siesta, and then we had a latin dance class. In class we learned Salsa, Meringue, and Cumbia. The instructors were really friendly, I had a tough time with meringue, getting my hips and legs moving in the right directions. Shveta had a hard time with cumbia, particularly the small step on the "and" beat. It was a lot of fun, and quite a workout.
After dancing, we went with one of the cooks, Idioneta, into the kitchen for our cooking class. She showed us how to make Yucca Pastel. It was a really healthy and delicious dish, and not too hard to make. It consisted of mashed yucca (casaba), cliantro, cheese, and onions. After making the dish, we ate it with Idioneta, and actually had a pretty long conversation with her.
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