Last night it rained. And when I say rained I mean poured. And when I say poured I mean it was pretty much a hurricane. Our window got blasted open several times in the night and I had to get up and close it. I think our room is facing the north which is apparently the side with the strongest winds so all the houses face south. And a a side note, nothin ever dries here. It's really humid and damp all the time. After 24hrs my towel hadn't even dried. All our stuff is damp so even though we shower daily we never really feel clean. Once I get home, I am having A nice long bath. Anyhow after a night of storms we got up for breakfast which consisted of pastries. I know that sounds good but honestly, all I want is fruit, some toast and some eggs. As a group we have decided to hunt out a breakfast place for our days off. But today, because of the rain we had quite an adventure. Upon arriving to the museum we headed off down our regular path which quickly came to an end because there was a stream where there hadn't been before. Our two leaders, Christina and Jo turned us around. Fernando saw us and would not have any of it. He turned us around and found an alternate route. He was determined to get us there. It was like an obstacle course. Not only was it freezing we has to first trudge through long tall grass, in the mud, and then came the rocks, fallen trees, beaver dams and thick brush. Fernando kept yelling 'Jungle! Jungle!' in his thick Spanish accent because hardly speaks a word of English. He also asked us at one point if we were photographing this 'experience' which I was. I felt like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. Seriously, as strenuous as it was, it was wicked fun. Our dig site was fairly washed out with mud and deep puddles everywhere. Brittany and I were assigned an area to clear off of top soil rocks and once we finished that we started to dig our tench which is shaped like a grave. We managed to make it about 7 feet long and about 4 inches deep. It took an hour to clear off the rocks and then two and a half to do the trench. It was grueling but fun. Although all we found was a small piece of pottery. Once we headed back for snack/lunch we were given a lecture on bone excavation. We had to lay out a cast skeleton and idenify the bones. Then we got to learn how to clean the bones. I pulled out a fragment of a lower jaw with a tooth still in it. It was awesome. It. Was probably from the Visigoth period which is about 57 AD. I loved it. We also got to tour the little museum we work for. This afternoon after fieldwork I passed out for three hours. I think I'm still jet lagged and messed up from three days of traveling. We have only been here three days but I feel like it's been weeks. Anyway I'm still kind of tired and out of it but hopefully I'll spring back. All of us are sore from all the labour we're doing. We are getting to know each other nicely so I'm glad for that. I hope all is well in Ottawa and goodnight!
Love,
Liz
Liz
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