Cooking and music- C

My friends and I thought it would be a good idea to continue the international food activity that we did at the beginning of the year. This time, though, we loosely followed a Mexican cookbook to make delicious fresh salsa and vegetarian refried beans, and then made up the rest of the ingredients to put in to tortillas (2 hours). The food turned out great, despite the long time it took to make! We even fed four of our senior friends as a reward for finishing their IB history test, and they thought it was delicious.

We decided to dance to latin music while cooking

Our delicious ingredients, including grilled chicken for Alex and vegetable protein for Ellie and me

After eating, Alex taught a mini-lesson on the guitar. We learned how to play the first chords of one of my favorite songs, Smoke on Water by Deep Purple, and the basic base line for rhythm and blues (1 hour). I used to play the guitar, but that was about 10 years ago, and this activity reminded me of how difficult it is! I don't believe Alex when he says that it's one of the easiest instruments, but he certainly makes it sound that way. He also played a Spanish Lullaby which was amazing, and if I had more time, I would certainly try to learn that song... but for now I'll stick with re-learning the piano, flute or drums.