Guatemala
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Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | Views [320]
Last day in Guatemala. Sorry to leave, but excited to see what new messes I can get myself into in Chile. Plenty I'm sure.
As a celebration type thing, I bought ice cream for our Spanish tutors. I went into the ice cream shop ... Read more >
Tuesday, 11 Jun 2013 | Views [477]
I am going to miss my Spanish conversation partner/tutor so much. There is nothing that quite compares to the times that we have in our four-hour sessions.
So today we were playing basically Scattegories in Spanish. We would get ... Read more >
Saturday, 8 Jun 2013 | Views [381]
We got back from the beach today. It was so amazingly crazy how much difference in temperature we had from going from Antigua to Montericco. As I have never been anywhere tropical, the heat and the humidity that was going on was just astounding.... Read more >
Friday, 7 Jun 2013 | Views [324]
Went into the city today to see the Congress and the Supreme Court. For lunch we went to a restaurant, and I saw a word on the menu that meant refill of your drink. As the waiter came back around later, he started refilling other people's drinks. I wasn't ... Read more >
Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | Views [380]
During Spanish tutoring today, we were playing a game where you have to make your own crossword puzzle, in Spanish. It was super hard, I am mind-numb when I get out of that activity. There was a word that Lili was explaining what it meant, and I thought ... Read more >
Wednesday, 5 Jun 2013 | Views [360]
So apparently my red face has not gone unnoticed here either. When I was chatting with the Spanish tutors before we began today, Lili asked me if there were other members of my family that had red cheeks like I do. I explained that I was the only member ... Read more >
Monday, 3 Jun 2013 | Views [287]
So, what better way to humiliate myself than discussing human anatomy? This was bound to happen at some point.
My Spanish tutor was telling me about a type of Mexican drink, a mixed drink that is made with tequilla and comes in a big, blue bottle.... Read more >
Sunday, 2 Jun 2013 | Views [271]
And then, dun dun dun, we went zip-lining. I was a bit hesitant about doing it this morning, but when I found out that it was about $30 US dollars, I had to do it. And I am so glad that I did. At some points on the cables, we were about 20 meters ABOVE ... Read more >
Friday, 31 May 2013 | Views [270]
This morning, I was walking into class, and Raquel (the director of the program) was waiting at the door to the convent. Because the other Anna in the program and I are the only students who have a complicated schedule, we don't have time for lunch and ... Read more >
Tuesday, 28 May 2013 | Views [248]
What a great day for my language skills. Oh boy. I started out by saying “Mercias” to the server at breakfast.
I was describing to her that the birds here are pretty damn funny. My conversation went something like this, “Yeah, the birds here are ... Read more >
Monday, 27 May 2013 | Views [209]
Well, I was on a mission today to get hot water. I was totally okay with accepting if we didn't have hot water, not too many people in Guatemala have it, so I was bracing myself to just suck it up and deal with it. But then, lo and behold, ... Read more >
Saturday, 25 May 2013 | Views [162]
This language immersion is starting off well. I was trying to ask for my key from the front desk. The poor man at the reception just looked at me like I was crazy. I realized that I had just spoken straight French to him. Ahhhh, ... Read more >
