Livin' La Vida Paraguaya: Another outing, and a Day at the museum

So the other day we went to hang out with Cynthia and Dario and spent some time with his family. (They are Kitty's sister and brother in law.) We drank beer, and ate pizza, and it was really fun. They are some of the nicest people you can imagine, and we really enjoy spending time with them! They live in a place Called Luque, which I have mentioned before. I just want to say a few things about Luque. It is a REALLY nice place to live, the people are so much nicer there, it is fresher, less hot, cleaner, has less bad smells, the roads are better, even the people are different. They are harder working, they even try to keep the streets clean. There is still a bit of trash in a few places, but it has WAY less then Asuncion... Anyway, I love visiting, and would love to live there eventually.

Also, the other day we went to a museum about Paraguay, and it had some stuff about colonial history and whatnot. It was pretty interesting stuff.

We prepared a special dinner for Cynthia & Dario's 5th anniversary....

PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAA!!!

Me, Kitty, Dario's dad, His mom, Cynthia, and Dario

Legislative building of Paraguay

Colonial bench

Colonial Chairs

A really old Canoe...

Some kind of robe?

Chamacoco Indian Artifacts

A headdress I think

Not sure....

Its a wolf!

Bows

Tops

This is a statue of Carlos Antonio Lopez

The chair of one of the Paraguayan presidents, forget which one.

Paraguayan Voting methods. It started with the urn, then progressed to the glass box in the middle, then ended up with the one at the end.

Military uniform belonging to Eusebio Ayala, Paraguyan president during the Chaco War, November 7, 1921 – April 12, 1923

Antique typewriter, think is also belonged to Francisco Solano

The desk of Francisco Solano Lopez, Paraguayan dictator who started the War Of The Triple Alliance, in which 90% of the adult male Paraguayan population was killed. In total, Argentina and Brazil annexed about 140,000 square kilometers (54,054 sq mi) of Paraguayan territory: Argentina took much of the Misiones region and part of the Chaco between the Bermejo and Pilcomayo rivers, an area which today constitutes the province of Formosa; Brazil enlarged its Mato Grosso province by claiming territories that had been disputed with Paraguay before the war. Both demanded a large indemnity (which was never paid) and occupied Paraguay until 1876.