Hola mis queridos!!!
I am here in Guatemala! Today is the first day that I´ve had access to a computer for more than a few minutes. Please excuse the many typing errors that are sure to occur, because the symbols on the keyboards here are in different places than in the States.
The flight here went beautifully. I ended up sitting next to one of the vocalists from the RNB group ¨The Spinners¨ and talking the whole way. They were on their way to a gig in Texas. He was very upset that I didn´t know who Donny Osman is. Yes, I know, sad.
I spent my first two days here in a house at a seminary in downtown Guat. City with Amy and Megan, two girls from Washington also with CAM. They will be working in Casita Benjamin, a center for young children in G.C. After two days there, we traveled to Antigua, where I am now taking lessons at a language school.
Antigua is wonderful. Here I am free to walk around as I please during the day, not afraid of being hurt or robbed. A typical day looks as such
- 6 30 am,
wake up - 7 30 breakfast with my host family
- 8 am language school
- 10 am break
- 10 30 am language school
- 1 pm lunch
- travel around the city as I please
- 7 30 pm dinner
- 8 homework
- 10 30 bed
Each day we review several gramatical subjects in Spanish and practice reading, writing, speaking, and understanding. By the end, my brain feels ready to explode. Yet, each day I feel myself speaking faster, with better grammar, and understanding more. It´s rather exciting.
My family is quite eclectic. As of now, I have a mom and a little brother who´s 10, along with an English gentleman, and Mackenzie, from Canada. It´s so funny to hear Spanish with an English accent!!!
Due to Antigua being a rather touristy town, there are dance classes EVERYWHERE!! I plan on starting salsa and merengue classes soon!
I apologize for this post being so dry, but I just wanted to get the facts down.
Sorry Dad!! Short enough for you?
More coming soon!
2 comments:
:) sounds like you're having fun! take traditional dance classes if you can find them... like folk dancing... that is a cool skill to know when you come back.
what is the food like?
yea, we found places that give out free salsa classes, so I'm going to try to make it to a few of them. I can't wait to dance!!
The food is so good! We eat a ton of vegetables, rice, and beans. Most of the things I ave never heard of before, but they are all very good.
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