After traveling several thousand miles and three different flights, team Paraguay arrived in the capital city of Asuncion at miday on Saturday. The climate change from what we left in Winchester (35 degrees and cold) was in stark contrast to what welcomed us to Paraguay. Todays temperatures were in the mid 80's but the humidity is a constitantly high. After arriveing at the Asuncion Palace Hotel, a charming 1885 building chock full of Paraguyan history, we checked in quickly and went about a few housekeeping and getting settled items.
For Dinner our guide and SU student and Paraguyan native Jay Gonzalez and his father Jose took us to a wonderful (air conditioned) restaurant where we dined on a number of local favorites.
After dinner we were taken to an Asuncion professional football game (we call it soccer,) that was so exciting no a member of the group failed to jump to their feet to support the Olympic team, a local favorite.
On tap for tomorrow, shopping at a local market and a visit to some Indian ruins. So stay Tuned.
Rick Ours
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