International Festival

On March 29th, the school had it's International Festival. I've attended similar events at the mosque in Perrysburg, Ohio. Many tables were set up around the school's courtyard- each one had traditional foods and decorations that represented a different country. We, the student teachers, were asked to represent the United States! The school's cafeteria made us brownies and hot dogs to hand out to people. We also had a football, US currency, a 50 states slideshow, popular children's books, pictures of important US monuments, and t-shirts from BGSU decorating the table. It was an honor to represent our country and share our culture with the people here! I also enjoyed trying EVERY kind of food from the other countries. My favorite tables were Israel and Columbia. Mexico was also right beside our table temping us with their mini burritos and chips and salsa. The whole festival lasted from 2-6pm. We had a great time but were exhausted by the end. On our way home afterwards, we ran into one of our neighbors in the villa. He is a frail old man that lives with a couple of women that take care of him. We've seen him walking to the end and back of our villa street before but have never been able to communicate with him. Luckily, one of the teachers from school was with us to translate. We learned that the man's name is George and he used to be a famous horse jockey when he was younger! He had an ancient photo album to show us some pictures of his past horses and races. Such an amazing man!

 The children were taking over our booth :)

 Felipe and his beautiful son, Bernardo

 George!