Español in Sucre
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Our main purpose in Sucre was Spanish school though the town itself was stunning and a very pleasant spot to stay a while. That is until we became victims to the carnival antics of throwing water balloons and firing foam spray in the streets. Cool to see and be a part of but tedious when it was 8pm and you just wanted something to eat.
Carnival parades like this took over the streets all week. Globos can be seen at the start here hurled over the crowd.
The carnival peaked in the weekend with at least 4 parades audible at any one time. Flares can be heard here as part of the celebrations.
Our Spanish lessons were every morning leaving the afternoons free for exploring. Our first afternoon was spent climbing the local hill to Mirador Norte Churuquella to admire the city.
The rest of the evenings were spent wondering the city, relishing in the cheap food and coffee.
With Spanish lessons complete and a full day free for activities on Saturday, we had a leisurely start before heading out for smoothies at the central market.
With our smoothie cravings fixed, we cut tracks out to Parque Cretácico to check out the dinosaur footprints. A surreal experience reminding us that dinosaurs are not a fantasy creation of kids stories but did in fact once exist. Having been verified by international experts, these were significantly more impressive than the “bunch of footprint looking indents” a Google reviewer so affectionately described them.
The following day we had another lazy start before heading to El Patio for the best salteñas in town. They did not disappoint!
We then intended to watch a Spanish movie to test our new learnings though it happened to be the one day the cinema was closed despite having a schedule for Domingo (Sunday). Instead we lay around reading before grabbing a coffee. Kenzie and I had a bus booked that night to La Paz when we had to say goodbye to Mace, though she would soon join us again. We opted for a taxi to the terminal to avoid the risk of being doused by “globos” (water balloons) before our overnight bus.
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