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By: Cora Avery

1. You can never have too many cookies—they help you make it through the day.
2. Family can be more than the people you left behind. Family can extend to everyone down here – they all connect with you on a level deeper then you expect. It’s beautiful, terrifying, and real.
3. You’re better off sleeping on cots then beds.
4. Sunsets can get better – Paraguay has the most gorgeous sunsets of ANYWHERE I’ve seen.
5. Love is not communicated through words. For that matter, support isn’t either.
6. Distance truly does grow shorter with time.
7. Relationships you create are more important than the valuables that you leave behind.
8. Roosters wake up at 3:30 every morning. So that means you do, too.
9. Everyone you meet is just as nervous as you. Awkward silences are now a part of the routine.
10. Value time you spend together – it’s the time you’re going to remember.

10 cosas que he aprendido de Paraguay por Cora Avery:

1. Usted nunca puede tener demasiadas galletas – ayudan a pasar el día.
2. La familia puede ser más que la gente que dejaste atrás. Familia puede extenderse a todo el mundo aquí abajo – todos ellos se conectan con usted en un nivel más profundo, entonces usted espera. Es hermoso, terrible y real.
3. Es mejor que dormir en catres luego camas.
4. Puestas de sol puede ser mejor – Paraguay tiene las más hermosas puestas de sol de cualquier lugar que he visto.
5. El amor no se comunica a través de palabras. Por lo demás, el apoyo no es tampoco.
6. Distancia verdaderamente crece más corto con el tiempo.
7. Las relaciones que se crean son más importantes que los objetos de valor que dejas atrás.
8. Los gallos se despiertan a las 3:30 cada mañana. Así que eso significa que tú también.
9. Todos los que conoces es tan nervioso como usted. Silencios incómodos son ahora una parte de la rutina.
10. Valor de tiempo que pasan juntos – es el tiempo que vas a recordar.

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