the morning and saying good-bye

I have decided that that sleepover, from Thursday to Friday, will be the last time I will be going to the school. So Friday morning finally came, and I really did not know what do to. All the children went to their classrooms. I did not want to go back to the fourth-grade classroom, sit there all day, doing nothing. After everyone started their studying, I decided that I would take a few pictures around the school and run away :) :) .
As much as the teachers told me not to go away quietly, I realized, they knew that Friday would be my last day, they did absolutely nothing about it. I had brought the cake, which I decorated with Willka Tika flowers- the cake looked like one BIG flower...- and that was it. They did not bring, organize or say anything.
So I went all around the school, taking last pictures of the mountains, of Chumpi and Poques,

Yovanna's litte hut. She and Teo slept of the bed. 

Our shoes. Some of their's are not less torn than mine....

At Willy's house, eating breakfast. There really was nothing to eat except for mote which is cocked corn. The corn, because it has been drying for months, is very hard. They cook it for hours-three four at a time. But it is never enough- in my opinion. We drank barley tea which was absolutely delicious. BOILING though...

Willy's mom. I have no idea what her name is.
The ladies do everything with their hats. They keep them on both inside and outside.
When I first saw these ladies, the 'originals' walk around with no leggings or socks, I thought are they not FREEZING?!
But first of all, they are used to the cold.
Second, the day before, in 'my fourth-graders' we did some recycling plastic bottles making them into bags. All the girls knew how to knit amazingly, and very quickly too.

 Their teacher, Madalaine, said that the girls are taught to make their own clothes. Even though nowadays they mostly buy their jackets, every girl has another layer of skirt underneath her skirt, which she knits on her own. Here you can see the other layer- yellow. This helps them keep warm.

The school after Carol straightened it out. It still needs to be finished but when it will be, the students will have so much more space to play and be outside it is pretty amazing space-inconvenient they were before. It really does look good.   

Every Friday and Monday they have a gathering of all the students together. Here you see many first-graders wearing their new obligatory-
50162. Chumpi Poques hats. 

 I went behind the school and found this farm. You can see the school far away- the blue thing. Outside the school it is a different world.
Quiet- tranquilo as they say.

Chumpi over looked by the mountain. 

I walked a little further on ad to my surprise found this drop- the road. Everything is very steep- depending on each other to keep it straight.
More mountains.

                                         And walking down the road, hurrying, I saw this man.
The people up there do not use these Chinese-made half plastic bags which tare after one use. Their everyday bags are large pieces of cloth, about 1.5m on 1.5m.

They take the cloth, square, and put it on the floor. Fold two of the four opposite side on top of one-another. The two left ...

use as handles to put of the back and tie. 

                                          And continue walking....

The last thing I wanted to do before I 'escape' was take a class-picture with the fourth-graders.


That was a difficult tasks....
Took a lot longer than it should have

(Can you see their blue hats?)

When I said, let's do a class-photo, they were all like YEAHY! And I thought that it would take two minutes and that's it. But no. Half pf them, instead of coming up to the front just sat there.
Where was Madalaine you ask? She was starting getting ready, with some other teacher, the decoration of the party for Chumpi-Poques anniversary. They just spent the whole day doing that. Making decoration and marching- but that came later.

Here you see the boys going crazy. From left to right- ( I forgot his name....), ( I cannot recognize him), Andres, then going up, ( I do not know his name, he is very quiet), Wilfredo, Roger and Aparizio.

                                     It was kind of  real mess trying to bring them together.

They have both gathering of the school on Fridays, but also it is 'bring your traditional clothes day'. Here you see tiny Yudit wearing her traditional clothes. She was the girl I sat next to all these days. Next to her is Yoni, a girl and the other girl I cannot recognize...

           Finally this idea came up that to take a picture of only the girls, later the boys.

 That did not really work well either.....

Then the boys.

                              Us all together. I am next to Roger- with his plastic glasses.

                                              :) :) :) :) :) the girls are not less energetic

          

            Some, like these boys here, LOVE taking pictures. But some girls- are hiding at the back.

Remembering all the fun football games we had. Then they suddenly started waving their Peruvian flags like crazy...

I will miss them, playing football, talking. But I am happy that I left.

I did want to run away. But this picture taking took SOOO long- I went almost at the end of school.