After our busy day yesterday, we had a fun, relaxing day planned today. This morning, we left later than usual and rode the bus to an outdoor recreation center with two pools, a tennis and soccer court, and a playground. When we arrived, we were given empanadas and drinks, and then almost everyone lay down next to the pool and relaxed or slept. After a little while, some people decided to kick around a soccer ball, and I joined them since I was not as tired as everyone else. It did not take long for us to realize that other people were not waking up so playing soccer was not going to work at that time. Therefore we joined the people sitting by one of the pools and talked until lunch time. After lunch, Hannah and I swung on the swing set and talked for a while. A few of us wanted to play tennis while we were there, but unfortunately there were not rackets and balls available for rent.
To end the night, Verner, the program coordinator at the university here, invited us and several of the students who have been helping us all week to his country house for dinner and games. We were able to walk from the recreation place to his house which was only about ten minutes away. There were a Foosball table and a ping pong table at his house that we could use all night. I really enjoyed watching people play ping pong, especially Brice because of the way he moved to get the ball if it was out of reach. A few people also helped build a new picnic table while we were there, which turned out really well, but looked a little bit unstable to me. A little while later, we had dinner which consisted of sausages and kabobs cooked over a wood fire. They were both very good and very filling, and it was fun to get together with many of the student guides for one of the last times. I really enjoyed the time that we spent at Verner's house, and appreciate his warm welcome.
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