My Not Family Family Reunion

So today we went to Tumbaco for a family reunion...and it was quite possibly the most boring seven hours of my life.

However, before I get to the reunion, I would like to say that for all of you who did not believe me about how large the spiders are her, I now have photo evidence. In the picture is also my water bottle, which is 10 inches high. This spider is dead (thankfully), but it came straight from the jungles of Ecuador. Enjoy...

Told you so.

So then, the actual reunion....First of all, they asked Tara and I (my American roomie) to clean these potatoes. So we go into the kitchen and see the milk and cheese on the counter (as is custom) and decide that we are going to save ourselves some diarrhea and put it into the fridge. I opened the fridge and it was completely empty. Like not ONE SINGLE THING inside. And it smelled like something crawled up in there and died. So the milk and cheese proceeded to sit on the counter until they made it into a room temperature sauce. Gross. And people were eating said sauce with spoons.

For lunch we had salad (tomatoes and onions), boiled potatoes, little hot dogs, and pork chops. Tara took a bite of her pork chop and said "Wow, they really grilled this thing, huh?" Enough said.

After lunch, we literally sat there for four hours. Everyone chatted, but it was WAY too fast for me to keep up with, and so I basically spaced out for the entire time. One of my relatives asked my mom if I spoke Spanish or if I was just dumb. Luckily, my mom told her that my Spanish was VERY good, and that was the end of that. Worst barbeque ever.

So now FINALLY we are home, and I want to take a shower and finish my book, but I also have to pack for tomorrow because tomorrow is the first day of school! Ugh...five months here I come...