SPANISH SCHOOL IN CUENCA, ECUADOR

We took one-on-one spanish class at Escuelar Simon Boliviar just a couple of blocks from our apartment in the historic district, for four hours a day for four weeks.


Ed landed the director of the school as his teacher, Fausto, a highly dedicated professional whilst i was fortunate to be given Teresa as my teacher, a gesthalt therapist and yoga teacher.






Four hours every morning of intensive one-on-one spanish wasn't easy, and there was plenty of homework in the afternoon, but there were also early evening activities of a more fun nature. We took salsa and merengue dance classes with , learned how to make empanadas (typical pies containing cheese, meat or chicken) and pretty potent fruit cocktails with Fausto's wife and fellow teacher Martha.







On another occasion Martha gave a demonstration of a shamanic cleansing using bunches of aromatic herbs, an egg which was rubbed over the body and then cracked into a glass of water to examine the energy that had been absorbed through the shell, and a spiced alchoholic liquid that was put into the shaman's mouth and then sprayed over the body of the person being cleansed. We saw a video of a more intensive cleansing using a live guinea pig that was rubbed over the body and then dissected to examine the organs that would show any health problems being experienced by the recipient of the cleansing.