Pan y vino

First mass today, didn't understand a word that was said! Hopefully in a few months I'll have a different experience. Basically this experience was about 360 degrees different than our warm welcome in Charleston. For some unknown reason we were chosen, in the middle of the service to bring the wine (vino) and bread (pan) represeting the blood and body of Christ up to the priest for communion. We were confused, but I (Jen) carried the two bottles of what I assumed to be wine, and Aaron beside me carried the bread wafers. Phewww, survived that, well then actual communion began and so we went up to recieve. As you Catholics know there is a proper ettiquite to communion - left hand over right to receive, etc. Well, Aaron and I were unsure of the formalities, and consequently got some muy (very) mal (bad) looks from the priest. He definitely did a stare down twice, once for each of us, during communion. Oh well. Later, we spoke with Ana, who spoke un poco (a little) English, and she informed us that you have to eat the wafer immediately, in the presence of the priest. So now we know :-).

We had fun this afternoon exploring San Telmo and the miles and miles of market - people selling what appeared to me to be some very, very random objects. I went to the (super) market tonight and bought some groceries - dinner was steak, chorizo, and rice/vege stir-fry - muy bien!! Tomorrow we start Spanish classes - 2 hours a day for the week - thank goodness!
PAZ (peace)