Somethings are Just Lost in Translation

Today we had a tour of Santiago de Campostela with Joaquin again. He was hillarious, there were some things that just didn't make sense with his translation which we just had to laugh about. Here are some of the Joaquin-isms that made all of us laugh (not to his face but at dinner this evening)

• Landscapes instead of Countryside
• Ancient instead of Old
• (The ancient ladies come in from the landscape to sell cheese) - The old ladies come in from the country side to sell cheese.

• B*tch instead of Beach
• Taste instead of Test
• (You can go and taste the b*tch)- You can go and taste the beach.

• Christianism instead of Christianity
• A - Post- less instead of Apostles
• Estatuaries instead of Statues
• Too much faith instead of A lot of faith

We had a good time with Joaquin, until he left us and we thought we had lunch plans with our tour. We called the travel agency in Madrid, and worked everything out in the knick of time and Kim got to work on her Spanish, because the only thing our emergency guide to the restaurant for lunch knew in English was "Follow me". It was an interesting lunch, this time there was no fish, it was pork and beef roast with potatoes, some tastey salad and a semi-congelled flan. (Kyndra didn't eat much more than bread and potatoes again)

After lunch we came back and took a 2 hour siesta. It was fantastic, all of us slept, and all of us were excited to do some shopping when we started our night again. Most of us got our regalos (or souveniers) to bring home. There are a few more things to pick up in Madrid.

If Lunch was somewhat disappointing, dinner was a big hit. We ended up at a Paella place which served Arroz con Pollo, the one dish Kyndra has been looking forward to all week! She ate more than her half of the huge pot!

Tonight Collin sang his part of Compline, which I am sure will be posted on youtube as soon as we get back, it was great! He really does have a nice voice, maybe Miss Julie can get him out of his shell a bit more and he will join the choir at church (who knows HAHA).

The youth are packing now and we are going to leave for Madrid in the morning.

Can't wait to see what the "big" city is like, we hope to meet up with Irada and her family tomorrow for dinner.

Today we got separated, and Padre Vaca had a "Papal" moment as he looked out over the square, but the youth loved the fact that they got to yell across the square to get my attention. This is the picture I took of them from the ground, its not a great but they had a great time!