and I danced...

I am practicing my Curramba (Barranquilla) slang so the bold words are defined for you, and me, at the bottom!

...this is the plantain I was talking about. YUM pascual guerrero!!!

Last night we went to an awesome little club called Quiebra Canto where there was a live band called Gaiteros de San Jacinto Cabeza e´Cera playing...and I danced Bullerengue, Currulao Mapalé, Cumbia and Danzón (these all originate in the Pacific coast of the country). There was also some salsa-ing and Son Cubano going on of which I was quite proud because Colombian salsa is pretty tough. I have a decent understanding of the basics at this point so hopefully that will improve with time. Pedí una fria!!! We left the disco because teniamos un filo* and then didn´t get home until about FOUR and then headed out for Tunja at NINE. sick.

(mi fria)

(Quiebra Canto)

You can´t really see that well in this picture but the woman in the foreground is wearing a pollera. Its the big skirt that Shakira wears in the ¨Hips Don´t Lie¨video. She held the sides of it in her hand and danced...really beautiful.

Cafe con leche really should called be leche con cafe...
Its rainging. nonstop. and its cold. i´m so looking forward to the coast!

Laura´s family is just as wonderful as I remember. We had a HUGE lunch (which is typical) of a whole fish (head and all) yuca frita, a really great blush wine, rice and juice which is actually just fruits and water in a blender. YUM. We also ate my first bowl of fresh amazing South American fruit in three years. AHH. I am so happy that I can communicate with them a little better. I still barely understand her dad and brother and I am finding that women in general are a lot easier for me to understand. They had my little room prepared and its awesome. It´s freezing but awesome.

KT...the coffee didn´t cause a dire emergency it just made me unbelievable caffined and have a super jumpy stomach. I am proud to report that I haven´t had an problems in the 48ish hours I have been here! No he tenido churrias* todavia.

P.S. God is really tangible here. It´s just wonderful and peaceful and I am enjoying it a lot. Tricia gave me a book called ¨Living Worship¨before I left and its really encouraging.

And this is Laura la Cachaca, Julie, Erin and Juan, el novio Costeño. Son gente bacana*.

(Juan, Lali´s boyfriend, Lali, me) (Julie, Lali, me)

Vocab:

*bacana/o- cool

*Cachaca/o- someone from Bogota and Boyaca, the center of the country
*Costeña/o- the people of the coast. that are apparently really loud, so i should fit in!!!

*churrias- THE RUNS!

*filo- we were super hungry!

*fria- cold beer