Break Replaced.
So since my break was cut short this weekend and I had to cancel plans with a cousin, this week we replaced our plans! On Monday we woke up early and worked some more. Maia started translating the packet that my grandmother had concerning Berlin in the 30’s. This included all the information she sent a pair of ladies from the Prinzlauerberg Museum. This folder is over a 100 pages long, so Maia was a bit overwhelmed. At the same time, I finished sorting all the letters. In the pile still to sort, I found letters from Oma’s aunt Frieda and her cousin Tali, who were still stuck in Berlin. The first page of material that Maia translated dealt with them as well. In her material, Oma was asking the ladies for the information they had on the deaths of Frieda and Tali. We could not decipher all the details because the answer was handwritten and impossible to read, therefore, I will take it to Hanne or email it to someone who can read it! After finishing work for the day, we cooked with my aunt and watched the Argentine equivalent of dancing with the stars… Then our “break” began. We woke up early Tuesday, 7 a.m.!!!! And took a bus (well actually we got lazy and took a taxi) to Pocitos to meet with my cousin Catalina and have breakfast. After that, my cousin, Diego, walked the three of us over to her art class, where the three of us got to paint!
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| Cata painting on the wall! |
She goes once a week and works with two teachers, and she truly has a blast!
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| Cata having a great time! |
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| The three artist, you can see a bit of the sun I painted... Painting is obviously NOT my thing |
When we got done at 11:30, Diego came back to get us and we went to her house, where Diego showed off his artistic talents! He has become quite the cook and baker! He is a vegetarian and is all about eating well, organic, etc. He made me the most delicious lunch! Some special rice with some other cereals I did not recognize, with zucchini, carrots,etc… Then something else I didn’t recognize… After lunch, he made us some tea from some herbs he had picked from their garden.
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| Chopping some carrots, I think... |
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| His final dish. It was delicious, and I would say what it was, but I'm not sure! |
At the same time, my other cousin Felipe arrived and showed us his cooking talents as he made pasta for Maia and himself. And since there wasn’t any cheese (CRISIS), Felipe and I went and got some.
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| Feli's own little masterpiece |
Following lunch we found out that my aunt Alexandra was stuck in Sao Pablo for the night because of the volcano ashes down here, and that meant we would be spending the night. Therefore, we had to go all the way back to Elena’s to get our clothes. So… we left after lunch, stopped by and saw my grandmother, bought postcards, ate some ice cream, and then headed back to Elena’s. Here we had “la leche,” (equivalent to tea time or snack time) with Elena, grabbed our things, got on the bus, and headed back to Catalina’s. Thankfully, we were all tired and got in bed pretty early. Today, we woke up early again and I am again at Elena’s working. This time, I am by myself, because Maia has left me to go watch URUGUAY VS. NETHERLANDS at the stadium here with my cousin Lucia and my mom’s cousin . She was very excited when she left about 45 minutes ago on the bus! Now, I am going back to work to see if I can get some more letters done this morning!
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