Holiday Continued

By the end of the first day i was buggered. I was looking forward to a hot shower but my dreams were crushed when i was told we didn't have any water in our cabin, not even flush the loo. This meant that all toilet business had to be done at the main dining hall which was 100 metres from the cabin, a little far to be trudging to in the middle of the night.

At around 9:30pm we all began to organise the kids to head back to the cabins. I felt a little like a pack horse as i was loaded with kids. I had one on my back, three hanging off my arms and three grabbing different parts of my jeans to prevent themselves from slipping on the ice. I also had a torch which each child wanted to grab or run in front of, made the 100 metres a little longer then usual. All i could do was laugh as it then started raining so it was perfect! :)

One thing which was awesome was that no one moved until 11am the next morning so i was quite happy. After some bread and a lovely cup of sugar and a little tea we began the shower process. Luckily they had discovered that you could turn the water on in the cabin so we got water. I helped the Tias prepare 5 children for the shower and after one of the Tias it was my turn around 1pm. I got my hot shower and then we all headed outside for more games.

All in all it was a good experience. I was pretty tired after the three days as the total Spanish environment had fried my brain. I caught the bus home at 10pm on the Thursday night and once again had the same old codger wanting to practise his English on me. Fortunately for me he had run out of life story so there was nothing else to discuss so i got to sleep a little earlier.

I arrived home to Santiago around 7am and made the long journey home. I caught a little sleep but had to prepare for my next adventure Jornada!