January 3, 2014: Cuenca
I began my day at 7:00 by waking up and having breakfast. I got to school at 8:15 for class at 8:30 to 10:30. Then from 10:30 to 12:30 we toured Mueso Remigio Crespo Toral, which is the oldest museum in Cuenca. The tour consisted of many paintings and artifacts that were described by the tour guide. It was very interesting to see how paintings and artifacts have changed over time. I enjoyed touring the house after the tour. We were told there are 91 rooms in the museum, which used to be a famous mans house long ago. After the tour some students and I went to Coffeetree for lunch before going back to school to work on a project. From 2 to 3 pm we had a lecture on migration and its impact on eduaction. I found it interesting how many parents will leave their family to go to the United States to earn money to send back to their family. They want to better their life for them and their family. After the lecture, we had a dance class from 3 to 4 where we learned how to do 3 different Latin American dances. It was lots of fun because I am a dancer and I enjoyed learning different kinds of dance. That evening I went home for dinner and then we meet up with the class at a bar. After the bar we went to a microbrewery and then to a disco. I got to put the dances I learned that afternoon to use at the disco. I noticed at the disco that the locals were very interested in dancing with us "gringos." People wanted to talk to us and to get to know us. I enjoyed everything that I experienced this day and evening.
