The original plan was for us to meet up again in La Paz but I absolutely fell in love with Sucre, Bolivia and was reluctant to leave so soon! So after around 10 days in the US, Ben hopped on a flight to meet me in Sucre.
Sucre is a little like the Antigua of Bolivia - not quite like the rest of the country, but nonetheless a beautiful city to spend some time in, with gorgeous white colonial buildings, great (and super cheap) cafes, vibrant markets and mountainous surroundings.
Elise found a small but fantastic not-for-profit Spanish school with a small but fantastic teacher called Yashira! She is actually way beyond small and made us both look like giants everyday! We had classes together for a few weeks and were amazed by how much we learnt in such a short amount of time. During Elise's second week at the school she ran some marketing classes for the teachers in Spanish which was a sign of how far we'd come with our Spanish.
During our time at the school we had an awesome time playing Wally (indoor volleyball with walls) with the teachers and other students on weekends and taking part in cooking classes at the school to learn some delicious Bolivian dishes. It doesn't get much better than deep fried potato balls filled with cheese!
After spending a fair amount of time in Sucre it was difficult to leave - the teachers at the school were so sweet and even arranged a little farewell for us with icecream and gifts.
A week or so before we left we spent an afternoon at one of Sucre's most famous sites - the dinosaur park. From the centre you can see real dinosaur footprints (there are over 6000 tracks in total - some of which measure up to 80cm in diameter - from over 150 different species of dinosaur.) A pretty nerdy thing to do but we actually found it really interesting!
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