Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Pictures at mi casa (my home) and night out playing "Lotteria"

Hola!  It is week # 2 now and I am really getting into the Spanish!  The last few days have been busy with family life and getting ready for Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.

Host "Mom", Abigail and Brenda

Brenda, Rene, and Alberto (Abigail's grandchildren)

Paulina and Brenda (I couldn't get her off the computer for a photo!)

Rene practicing his bking skills in the back courtyard.

Brenda and Rene (he loves to play with the camera and insisted we take this picture)

Brenda resting on the hammock- the bike I was using needs repairs!

Brenda showing Lotteria cards

Practicing lotteria at home.

Abigail playing Lotteria in the evening in the City Plaza

Abigail and Rene after our Lotteria game
On the weekend, Abigail's grandchildren were here and showed my how to play Lotteria.  It is like Bingo but it is with images that are on cards (everything from " a tree","death", "a barrel", "a drunkard/drunk perosn"!!, "a negro/black peron, "a mermaid", etc...)  The children practiced the vocabulary with me at home and then that night we went off to the Plaza/central square in town and played with the locals.  The bingo dabber in Canada has been scaled down here, they use dried corn!  It was a lot of fun!

This place is alive in the evening with singers, dancing performances, shops open, and everyone walking on the Malecon seawall.  It is a great place to be!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

That's great Brenda!! Awesome pics!!

Kat Secord said...

It sounds fabulous Brenda! What an experience. I can imagine your Whitehorse family are getting anxious as to when they join you too!

Unknown said...

hahahaha...figures that Bingo would be one of those thing that brings folks together no matter where you are. But the real question is, did you win??