Summer fun.

There is a joke in Paraguay .... There are 9 months of summer and 3 months of hell, and I am happy to say that I just made it through my first full 3 months of hell aka Paraguayan summer. Let me tell you, it was HOT. I've never experienced that kind of heat before. Therefore lots of my free time was spent sitting in the shade drinking t-ray ... not blogging. So I thought I'd give you an update on things I did this summer.

First I went to a Paraguayan wedding! My host brother was the one getting married. It was actually a super nice wedding and we danced all night until about 5am. It was a ton of fun.

Me and some of my host family before the ceremony

Bride and Groom after the Ceremony

At the reception!

 I also went down to Encarnacion, a city in the south of Paraguay, that has the biggest Carnaval celebration in the country. One of my fellow volunteers Yihana was actually dancing in the parade! It was so much fun, Encarnacion is a great city, if feels very different than the rest of Paraguay.

Me and Yihana before the parade!

My neighbor kids have been bugging me for months to make pizza for them so one day when I had all the ingredients I finally did. We made the dough from scratch, and I even splurged and bought pepperoni at the grocery store! It was delicious.

Mariana and Me with the finished product

Elena chowing down.

Fatima 

Finally last week I was given (without really being asked) a cat. I hadn't really planned on having a pet here, but she is just so darn cute I can't give her up now. I haven't thought of a name yet, ideas are welcome.