Ventana De Los Cielos 'Homework Of The Day: Be Happy'

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The words that are typed on this paper do not begin to describe the experience or the feeling in which I encountered today. Describing the place and all its elements would not be enough. La Ventana De Los Cielos is place outside of the norm. One could say, it’s a place of no judgment, where people are free. I knew I was going to have a great day even before I we got inside the farm. The decoration of the entire on the gate was breath. There were different quotes all over the farm. My farm quote was one at the beginning. The quote said “Homework of the day: Be Happy” and that’s exactly what our class was all day long. Our tour guide at the property was a sweet man. We walked around the farm and got to extract with all the animals and feed them.

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