Family from France

Wow so 2 blogs already in the month of April and its only the 18th? Whats going on!? Craziness, thats what. Yesterday, my host mom had tourists come to see her wool spinning/natural tint dying/knitted items. They arrived in what many women of my town thought was an ambulance, causing a bit of a stir. They had a French license plate, and tucked inside their work-van was an entire home. They invited me to dinner in their modest home-on-wheels, and I got to see how they fit 2 adults, an 8-year-old girl, and a 6-year-old boy into the space of a van. They have a kitchen, bathroom with shower, table, and a bedroom in that tiny space. It was incredible, and whats even more incredible is that I ate international cuisine in my little, modest pueblo that doesn't even have internet.

While we sat at their table space, they brought out guacamole on crackers and fish liver in a can. I believe it was cod liver, with its accompanying cod liver oil, but I can't be entirely sure since they didn't know the English translation. You may have heard old-timer tales of kids being forced to drink fish liver oil? Well, that's exactly what this was. Except it wasn't disgusting. I enjoyed it, especially with a bit of lemon, pepper and guacamole on a cracker. After trying that bit of interesting French cuisine, I was then introduced to Mint syrup. Apparently, this is a big thing in France. Kids are served water with a dollop of different flavored syrups. My visiting family's favorite was Mint. It was really, really delicious, although that might also be attributed to my first drink of cold water in months. I cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed my time in their company. It was exciting, different, and fun. I mimicked a few words of French, and attempted to learn to read a few words. I listened to good international music, and was inspired to want to travel Europe in one of these van-homes.

Other than that, I've been continuing work in my site. I taught my first class of a series in Environmental Ethics. It went really well. I've planned out an event for Earth day this coming Monday. I have a GLOBE meeting to attend Wednesday. Things are going well, or as well as can be when I'm wanting to go home, or travel. I hope everyone out there is well. Even people in my site are talking about the Boston Marathon bombing and North Korea's nuclear bombs. Stay safe people.