Ola!
Today's break in your regularly scheduled program is brought to you by Katie Horton. Yes, that's right, Matt Shannon and I have arrived and taken over Rachael's life. This includes forcing her to teach us her excellent grasp of the spanish language, consuming her delectable baked goods, and tying her up in a corner so we can take over her blog. Juuuust kidding. She's sitting in her room. Promise.
But yes, we have officially been in La Paz for over 24 hours and Matt and I are pretty much locals already. Yeah, no bigs. Matt seems to have made it his goal to learn as much spanish as he possibly can and I'm assuming by the end of the week will be fluent. Or at least will have his phrase book memorized. The altitude hasn't been affecting us too much...it may or may not have affectd Matt more than me....and I was feeling prideful about this fact until I woke up this morning with a headache and had to suck back some oxygen myself. So far no stomach bugs and hopefully it'll stay that way! The Vargas household has welcomed their 2 newest house guests with open arms and we already feel at home. Since Rachael likes to do lists I figured I would do one too.
Things I Love About Bolivia Already:
1. riding the minibuses in the crazy traffic! reminds me fondly of uzbekistan.
2. the geography of La Paz. its an incredible city to look at and i'm sure i'm going to take WAY too many pictures
3. coca tea! sweet nectar of the foreigner.
4. the little bolivian ladies sitting in their traditional dress at their roadside stands
5. the vargas house. its so cute and comfy and relaxing!
6. Rachael!!!!!!!!
I'm sure this list will get longer. We haven't even been to any markets yet!! But today we are going to venture out to the artisan market. Oh the excitement! Well, I think that's about all I got for now. So far the 3 of us has have probably laughed 3 years off of our lives, and we've only been here a day. If Matt's spanish accent is any indication of the things to come than let me tell you, we are going to be YEARS younger.
Adios!
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Wow Kates,rivaling Rachael on the wittiness scale. I am IMPRESSED. I have to confess that reading the blog and your e-mail this morning made me a LITTLE sad and A LOT jealous. I wish I was there with you all...Have fun in the artisan market today and remember to pace yourself, don't rush! You will have lots of time to purchase things over the following weeks:) Love you, miss you, and give Rach a big hug for me:)
Love aims
I'm pretty sure that years get laughed ON to your life, not OFF of it! Have fun! Careful with that coca tea!
Hi Katie & Rachael,
What fun to read from a different author (of course Rach I still want to see your future blogs)- Katie, no pressure but, you must do at least 1 followup blog adding to your "list".
Hope the adjustment to the altitude continues to have little affect & the stomach bugs stay away (though some might say you've not had the full experience without them).
We prayed for all of you @ OC this a.m.
Have a great time hanging out together.
:) Beth
Yes Daniel is right, laughter actually can increase your lifespan because it increases mood, increases pain tolerance, and increases popularity. But of course, Rachael would know all of this being a Psyc major.
i would just like to point out....i DID mean that we were adding life...not taking years off. or maybe i was thinking taking years off of our faces by reducing wrinkles. anyways. you guys know what i meant. :)
Rachael, by now you should be a pro at making do with no facilities. And really low lying shrubbery counts as facilities, so I don't see a problem.
To Katie and Matt, I would ignore all Rachael's protest, and hog tie her to the roof of a minibus if need be and make sure she goes camping. Ignore the protests, she is more hardcore than she gives herself credit for:)
Love you all, and really, truly wish I was there with you.
Love aims
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