Embroidery Day 2

Another great day in the courtyard working on our projects, lots of laughter to be heard throughout our outdoor classroom! We are all making great progress. It is quite amazing how great the eyesight is of our teachers. None of them wear glasses and can do the most delicate work with VERY minimal light. I wonder what they would think of the lighting in my sewing room? Derek says I can land planes it is so bright, they'd probably want sunglasses.

We (me) are getting more adventurous with our meals. Today we went to a small restaurant where the locals eat. I had a large bowl of minestrone soup (this country makes the best soup!), an avocado stuffed with chicken and vegetables with yellow rice and potatoes and lemonade. It was delicious. Our waitress chased us down the road after because we left too much money, we thought the sign said 17 soles but it was 7 and she wanted to give us our change! So, it was a great meal at a great price and such honesty.

Tonight we learn how to use a 'Puchka', this is a drop spindle used to spin yarn, it is also the name of our tour. Then a pompon demonstration, not your regular pompon, these ones have images created within of animals for example.

We are really enjoying the holiday but I am really missing brushing my teeth with tap water, soft toilet paper that I can flush and my family - human and furry! 

Goodnight!

Here are some pictures of my emcroidery in progress!