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Wednesday was a typical class day for me, but of course I had the taller of Danzas del Mundo (dances of the world) to look forward to afterward. We learned an African dance, which was a lot of fun, even though it didn’t have music. We had to sing, which was fine, but what I like most about African music is the fact that there are drums that keep the beat, so it was sad that there were no drums. After that, we learned a dance that they do at French weddings, which came from a tradition of scaring the mice out of the newlyweds’ wooden houses. We had to stomp our feet as we danced.

The last dance that we learned was the Charleston, which was complete with a video of kids in the US doing the dance. It was fun to do a dance from the US that none of us actually knew how to do except for Nacho, who was the only person there not from the US. Before we left, Nacho told us that he wanted to do something fun for the talent show. He proposed that we start with a serious, slow, boring dance that changes abruptly into music that I can only compare to the cha cha slide. It has different moves than the cha cha slide, including moving your hand from one side to the other, but it’s essentially the same thing (hence el título de ese etapa, (the title of this chapter) pasa la mano a la derecha, which means pass your hand to the right).

As Alicia and I were walking home we watched a few minutes of a fútbol (soccer) game that they were playing in the rio. It seems a lot more animated here than in the US, I really enjoyed watching it. I hope that I can see one of the pro teams play. For dinner we had papas fritas (French fries again!) with these chicken nugget type things that Lucía made, and more ensalada con arroz.