Wedding and LIbertad

We were in a hurry to go to the wedding so we bought a pizza for dinner. Allen threw it in the oven. A few minutes later I was in the kitchen and something was burning and smelled really hot. Buby was on the phone in the living room, Allen figured out that we turned on the one electric burner, not the oven! On the burner was sitting a pack of matches, a lighter and a rubber glove. Now you can imagine the smell. Allen was finding something to grab he things with, I was trying to open windows and doors and deciding if I should yell for Buby, but we had it under control. Buby finally figured out that something was wrong by the smell and the fact that I was sitting by the front door with it open. She took it all in stride though...she said that we were trying to burn her house down, No??? That would have left a good impression.
The wedding was nice. A few of the kids in front of me found out that I spoke only English so they were ready to practice. We had fun. There were not any bridesmaids or groomsmen. The parents stood the whole time, a bit off to the side. In Uruguay the woman keeps her fathers last name. Their children get their fathers name. The priest talked very slowly so I could pick up a few words here and there.
On Sunday we took the bus to LIbertad to meet Christina and Andreas family. They live in Fairbanks so we delivered a few presents. We had a really good lunch and got a tour of a pan (bread) factory. It is so nice to have some connections and meet people who live here and are true Uruguayans. So about the bus ride...Andrea printed out a google map with the bus route and the place to get off the bus and the route to walk across a court yard to get to Gabriellas house. We showed the map to the conductor to make sure that they would stop there. He shook his head in a no type of gesture, then he got the driver and the driver looked at the map and said "Si". After he sat down in his drivers seat he got back up, asked for our map again and got out his cell and called Gabriella. He got back on the bus smiled and gave us our map back. When it was time the conductor found us and he told us to get ready to get off. I gave both the conductor and the driver a snickers bar that we brought along to give away as gifts. Needless to say, Gabriella was at the bus waiting for us. After lunch and a visit she was sure to put us back on the right bus. Buby worries about us so as soon as we got back to her house in Colonia called her. She had to leave on Sunday for a seminar in another city so we will not see her again until we visit later in the month of December or January. We sure will miss her. Two out of four home stays have been amazing. Hope we keep up this streak of good luck.