The boys are back in Town!

Julian and Alfonso, from the very first university scholarship group, arrived in La Bocana for summer vacation. They are now juniors. Hard to believe.

This morning I had them both over for breakfast. I can only tell you that my heart swells when I see them! The way the university system works here is that if you do really well during the semester, you are exempted from finals. Julian only had to take one final and Alfonso didn't have to take any.

Julian on left and Alfonso on the right - menu was scrambled eggs and potatoes, banana pancakes, milk.








and then afterwards, I asked them for help with the gardening.







Then we sat and chatted for a couple hours about life and Julian's trip to stay in northern California for a month. It will be a chance to practice his English 24/7. It will be a chance to visit the northern part of the state for the very first time. And it will also be a chance for him to go to San Francisco for business meetings. So, part internship as well. He starts the adventure tomorrow by going to Ensenada.

His major is International Business. He happened to mention that we wanted to visit the U.S. and practice his English 3 weeks ago - voila, everything came together beautifully.

My sister Maureen will pick him up at the border next Saturday and show him San Diego. BajaNomad Lori (who just ran for mayor of San Diego) will keep him overnight, take him for a walk around UCSD and give him breakfast in the morning and drop him off at the airport 2 hours before his flight.

My brother and 2 friends (one of them my high school amiga) are sponsoring the ticket. The wonderful BajaNomad family is sponsoring his stay. I get to cheer from the sidelines - well, front and center!

Isn't this just grand?