Saludos desde San Juan del Sur! Tonight you are hearing from me, Kelsey. I'm in my first year of the MLS program at the University of Maryland, and am on track to become an academic librarian. I'm fluent in Spanish, and so have become the designated interpreter for our group.
Today we gave our ANIBIPA presentations to a different crowd, composed of staff from the SJDS Biblioteca, representatives from the local schools, and bibliotecarios from Rivas and Diriamba. They were just as popular the second time around, and fortunately we didn't run into the same technical problems here. Sarah's felt board and Alesha's banana-turned-snowman craft were today's favorites.
Then we piled into the back of a truck (which was a first for some of us!) and took a ride up the hill behind town to check out a cool house, built out of both traditional construction and four shipping containers.
If you'd like to read more about the project, the owner/builder has a blog.We followed up with a team meeting to debrief and plan for the next two days, when half of us will be going out on the mobile project and the other half will be staying to help with projects in the library. We hashed out a plan of attack for crafts, stories to be read, and division of the groups.
With our work done for the day, we dispersed to prepare craft materials, wander around town, and a few of us managed to catch the beautiful sunset. We finished with a scrumptious dinner prepared by the local "chicken lady" and some great brownie sundays. Tomorrow is a an early morning, so off to bed.
A beautiful sunset.
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