An Evening at Leila's Home

Today was our last Spanish class - it is hard to believe that the time has passed so quickly.  Our teacher, Leila, has been excellent. We have learned so much, thanks to her great approach to teaching  Spanish.  On Monday evening, she and her fiancé invited us to have a meal with them. As is typical here, we were invited for 8:30 pm.  They also invited another student, Serena, a young woman from Italy who is here for a year teaching math.  Leila and Esteban were wonderful hosts.  They are charming and full of fun.  We had lots of laughs as we all talked in Spanish.  Esteban is a systems analyst for a clothing manufacturer. They had prepared tasty appetizers with wine and beer to begin the evening.  Later, Leila served the most amazing empanadas that she had made herself.  Empanadas are available everywhere in Buenos Aires and we have had a few, but none could compare to Leila's delicately crusted meat-filled turnovers.  Unfortunately, I did not take a photo, but when we return to Buenos Aires, I will definitely want Leila to give me a cooking lesson on empanadas.  It's good that she made a huge number of them as they disappeared quickly even after she brought out a second platter.  We contributed dessert from one of the thousands of confiterías in Buenos Aires which produce tempting sweets of all description. After eating, Leila had a Spanish game based on a local TV show.  This involved a series of questions on different topics about our individual likes and dislikes.  Each of us had to respond in Spanish and it was very funny.  All in all, it was a great evening, and needless to say, a late one.  We had to take a taxi home long after the subways shut down.

Leila and Estevan

Lots of smiles from this couple

Leila and her Halifax students