Hola! This morning I met with Dr. Sanchez, essentially, my boss while I am here. He speaks about three words of English. I also met my translator for whom I am VERY grateful. Her name is Adriana; we already have a coffee date!

I was then invited to a “community health” talk on Sunday. I figured I have nothing else planned so why not. Turns out, I am now leading the talk. That’s kind of how things go here. No unnecessary waiting period or going through ten people to get the permission of one. I think this is a concept which is missing from the US, making things move much slower!

In the afternoon I went with R and S (two long-term volunteers) to Cochabamba (the hospital is located about 30 minutes from the city) to complete their Visa paperwork. We went to INTERPOL which is not exciting like a James Bond movie (disappointed) and their paperwork was not yet complete L However, I did get to walk around La Plaza Principal (pictured below) on our way. This is a very nice park in the middle of the city. 

I also assisted with English Class. Strangely, there was more Spanish spoken than English which helped me immensely. I think a small bit of the Spanish (Castellano in Bolivia) I learned while sleeping through la clase de Srta. Price might be returning. Yay! Hearing Spanish all day makes my head hurt so for now, I say Chau!