Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Birthday Celebrations

Yesterday (Tuesday), we were privileged to celebrate Daniella's mother's birthday in traditional Ecuadorian style. At lunch, her grandmother made the meal and uncles and aunts were present. A special music group (mariachi) surprised her with special music. The group consisted of trumpets, guitars, violins and vocalists. The music was accompanied by dancing and shouts of "Viva a Cumpleanero" - Life to the birthday person. What a fun celebration. In the evening, we went to a second birthday party at a farm attended by friends that graduated with her from high school.

In the afternoon, we visited a village and a museum that had a real mummy dated from the 1500's. We also visited a zoo and ate very sweet bread found only in this village. This village (Guano) is also known for making rugs made out of wool. They gave a large 30 by 80 meter rug to President Reagan many years ago.

Today, it is Daniella's sister's birthday, so we get to celebrate again!

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