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June 17, 2004

Dinner Guests

My boyfriend had his friend Pedro, and Pedro’s mother and niece, over for dinner last night. Pedro and his family are Columbian, and his mother and niece do not speak English.

The dinner was wonderful. My boyfriend made quesadilla’s as an appetizer, and enchilada’s with a green tomatillo salsa that was fantastic. While the majority of the conversation was in Spanish, which I don’t speak (I know some words and phrases, but I’m far from fluent), Pedro translated whenever I wanted to converse with his mother and niece. They were very sweet people, and appreciative of us having them over for dinner.

One thing that always amazes me is how universal a number of hand gestures are. For instance, I have a very large cat (Elvis – he was named before he became the latter year Elvis), and when Pedro’s mother saw the cat she looked at the cat, then at me and spread her hand wide apart as to say, “what a huge cat.” It’s kind of refreshing that you can communicate without words, or language barriers, and have a laugh.

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