Thursday was quite amazing. We went to a high school where we were able to look into the lives of grade six and seven students. We were able to see their science fair. I was more than happy to speak with a variety of students about what they learned. One girl showed me her motor boat that she designed and created, and another was able to describe the hydroponic system that she had built in order to water her strawberry plants. I am hoping that I can connect with their teachers in order for them to teach our grade two's this year how to do these tasks. For science we learn about boats and buoyancy and as well about liquids- especially water and how it grows. We will be planting tomato plants with the TOMATOSPHERE project through NASA so building a hydroponic system for the plants would be quite useful.

The government provides funding for schools that are involved in projects that have to do with recycling and hydroponics so many schools are taking up this theme.

In the evening we went to a restaurant called Andres Carne de Res. It was the most unbelievable restaurant that I have ever been to. It was a whole building with four floors designed as Hell, the earth, purgatory and heaven. Each floor had it's own kitchen and a small dance floor. There were decorations everywhere including glass bottles that we painted that lined the wall and an enormous statue of Jesus with the Sacred Heart. Each table had a name of a literary character. We sat at two tables put together that were named D'Artangon (from the Three Muskateers) and Juliet( from Romeo and Juliet). The food was incredible and we danced the night away!