A small adventure in Cuernavaca

Yesterday (Tuesday) I went with Suzanne to one of the schools where she is volunteering.  She works at this Waldorf daycare-like school every morning during the week.  Neither the teacher or the children speak English, so Suzanne's Spanish improves daily. On Tuesdays she is alone with the class of 8 to 12 years old, and she decides we will make frogs and lizards from beads she brought from the states.  We looked up some words that we would need to do the projects and made a vocabulary list the evening before.

It takes two buses to get to her school and so we leave the place where she lives about 7:15.  The teachers and the students eat breakfast and lunch at the school, so we didn't have to eat before we left.

I knew the children would love this project and they did.

For a break we go down into the barranco ( ravine) where the children have cleaned up and planted a garden.

After lunch we leave school and catch a bus out to NPH (an orphanage) where Suzanne's daughter, Meghan, volunteered for a year after she graduated from college.  We toured the campus and ate a meal there. (Meghan, these pictures are for you)

I couldn't take pictures of the kids or dorms etc., but it is an impressive place that does much good for children throughout Mexico and South America.

It took 3 buses to return home.  So six buses in one day!!!  I have loved all of our travels and adventures, but I won't miss the bus rides.

Today is another day of sun, swimming, and reading for me as Suzanne is at work.  I figure I need to take advantage of the pool here as it will probably be 5 weeks or so before I swim much at home.