Given our late night on the 8th, Mrs. Dcstudent and I did not awake and start putting ourselves together until almost noon. We stepped outside of our room to find my friends playing with their boys.

After lunch we decided on a plan. We all went to drop the boys off at nursery school and then the adults headed to Lake Esmarelda, about a ten minute drive outside of town. It is a private man-made lake, with entry-fee paid by car, not person, so it was $2000pesos for all 4 of us (about 5 or $6US total). The lake was wonderful. We just swam and sunbathed (no extra charge), but we could have paid extra and gone windsurfing, sailing, canoeing or kayaking.

We stayed for only two hours before we went to retrieve the boys as it was Mr. Friendīs birthday and my friends were hosting a large party at their home. We dropped Mrs. Dcstudent, Mrs. Friend and the 8 month old at home before continuing to Lider with Mr. Friend, myself and the 2 year old. We purchased beef (from Australia...all beef is marked with its country of origin), chorizo hot dogs, and of course everything else you need for a good celebration.

We arrived back at my friendīs house to find that guests had already started to arrive. Mrs. Dcstudent and I were made to feel very welcome by all of the guests and our Spanish is passable so we were able to participate in many conversations.

Far too late given our flight out the next morning we went to sleep.