Hey everyone!

So the night after the hike, we all went out to dinner for Ben's birthday at Sabor de la India. The food was ridiculously amazing and we got so much food for 5 bucks. It was a torrential rain storm on the walk home, and that was the first real rain we got.

The next day we went to "la fabrica." After riding a tiny little microbus and listening to some lovely instrumental Phil Collins music, we instantly pull off on the side of the mountain and we're told to get out. Everyone was really confused because we were under the impression we were going to a big city with a big market....and next thing we knew the microbus took off and we were in the middle of nowhere. It turns out that "la fabrica" was really a family who made anything you could imagine by weaving and their house was down below the mountain. It had been raining all morning so this little boy gave everyone a walking stick as we started to descend the slippery slope of stairs. As soon as I realized the dangerousITY of the walk to their house, my friend Amy read my mind and said "At first I thought it was cute he gave us these sticks." You might have had to be there...but it was rather hilarious. Once we got to the house, they taught us the process of weaving and we got to try our hand at making rugs. It was pretty sweet- see photos.

At night, we surprised Ben with a birthday cake for his birthday. We have tons of bdays coming up and from the looks of this scary cake with a clown that we ate....I cant wait to see what I'll be getting on my very own birthday cake. Other than that...classes are sweet, Spanish is getting better, I saw Harry Potter in Spanish yesterday which was hard at times but pretty cool. More salsa classes tomorrow. Miss you guys! Comment on my blog or email me soon!