Chocolate, cemeteries and climbing hills

Two more hours of Spanish school this morning; a zillion new verbs to learn and some complicated homework!

After a lunch of nachos, brownies and ice cream we wandered to the park (not overly exciting) then to the cemetery which was very different to anything I've seen. There were the usual large crypts for the fancy people and the small, colourful graves for the not so fancy people. However for the average person they have a space within a block which has what looks like an oven door which is lockable and is full of flowers, photos etc. These are stacked 5 high (there are ladders at the entrance to borrow to reach the upper ones) and are arranged in long blocks. All appear to be beautifully attended to.

Then we wandered up the hill to the recoleta to see a view of the city. We weren't too puffed out so we must be acclimatising. We stopped at a chocolate shop Para Ti to try what Sucre is famous for - they were nice but nothing amazing.

We had dinner back in the Plaza Restaurant (150B). I had ravioli again but came in a white sauce this time - still good. Anna had the Bolivian dish Mondongo - pork in a rich red chili sauce with potatoes and what appears to be exploded corn - very lovely though too rich for me.

We picked up our second lot of laundry (9B per kilo, we did about 5 altogether) so are all shiny and clean now :)Read more