!Mi primer dia de clases!
!Hola amigos! The keyboards here are much different than the ones at home so it is taking me a while to write my entries! Today was my first day of classes. I had to arrive at the school a little early to take my placement exam. It was super laid back and I´m not sure that they even looked at my test before they placed me in a class with 3 other men. Hugo is my teacher and he seems very nice although "un poco raro". In my class are Uwe (OOVAY), Andreas, and Esteban (Steven or Steven Spielberg as the Germans call him because he looks like him). So far the class has been SUPER easy for me but good at the same time. I feel like the smart student in the class because everyone else is struggling while I am breezing through the material. I think having studied spanish for over 6 years has really helped...I am hoping to learn "la lengua de la gente" or the language of the people. This will not come from the classroom but rather from my discussion class as well as communicating with my family and friends. My spanish has been coming back quite fast although I am sure to that I am making many mistakes. Eva (my mother) is kind enough to politely correct us when we make a mistake. After 2.5 hours of grammar class we have a 30 minute break for lunch and then 2 hours of conversation class. I may have a small crush on my conversation professor (Adrian) :) He is cute and he speaks spanish which is a plus...plus the accent is not much of a deterrant either. After finishing with classes at 2 I walked home and sat out on my patio to read a book and catch some sun. We ate "la comida" which was chicken, rice, soup, and vegetable. !Que Rico! My mother is a very good cook and I LOVE the salsa! It has avocado, cilatro, etc. and tastes like heaven. I´m pretty sure I´ll end up putting it on everything! After "la comida" Katie and I decided to get lost in the city. We walked aimlessly for over an hour ending up in the Zocalo. We had the most delicious "paleta" which is a popsicle. Mine was piña. We took a few pictures of the amazing nativity scene they have in the zocalo and then went back to the house. We later went to meet up with some friends from school at a bar called "la embajada" which means The Embassy. The music was loud and obnoxious but we got a beer and they also serve mescal gratis on Mondays. According to Adrian it is "shit" mescal but I thought it was good nonetheless. We also met some interesting Mexicans who spied my tattoo. They were covering in piercings and tattoos and were very interested in us. They had traveled all over Mexico but never to the US. It is a shame that it is so hard for Mexicans to travel legally to the US as many of them would simply like to visit. We left around 11:30 and went to bed. I am really enjoying meeting new people, seeing new sites, and tasting new flavors! I´m already sad for my last day here! Adios, Besos...Hasta Pronto!
!Hola amigos! The keyboards here are much different than the ones at home so it is taking me a while to write my entries! Today was my first day of classes. I had to arrive at the school a little early to take my placement exam. It was super laid back and I´m not sure that they even looked at my test before they placed me in a class with 3 other men. Hugo is my teacher and he seems very nice although "un poco raro". In my class are Uwe (OOVAY), Andreas, and Esteban (Steven or Steven Spielberg as the Germans call him because he looks like him). So far the class has been SUPER easy for me but good at the same time. I feel like the smart student in the class because everyone else is struggling while I am breezing through the material. I think having studied spanish for over 6 years has really helped...I am hoping to learn "la lengua de la gente" or the language of the people. This will not come from the classroom but rather from my discussion class as well as communicating with my family and friends. My spanish has been coming back quite fast although I am sure to that I am making many mistakes. Eva (my mother) is kind enough to politely correct us when we make a mistake. After 2.5 hours of grammar class we have a 30 minute break for lunch and then 2 hours of conversation class. I may have a small crush on my conversation professor (Adrian) :) He is cute and he speaks spanish which is a plus...plus the accent is not much of a deterrant either. After finishing with classes at 2 I walked home and sat out on my patio to read a book and catch some sun. We ate "la comida" which was chicken, rice, soup, and vegetable. !Que Rico! My mother is a very good cook and I LOVE the salsa! It has avocado, cilatro, etc. and tastes like heaven. I´m pretty sure I´ll end up putting it on everything! After "la comida" Katie and I decided to get lost in the city. We walked aimlessly for over an hour ending up in the Zocalo. We had the most delicious "paleta" which is a popsicle. Mine was piña. We took a few pictures of the amazing nativity scene they have in the zocalo and then went back to the house. We later went to meet up with some friends from school at a bar called "la embajada" which means The Embassy. The music was loud and obnoxious but we got a beer and they also serve mescal gratis on Mondays. According to Adrian it is "shit" mescal but I thought it was good nonetheless. We also met some interesting Mexicans who spied my tattoo. They were covering in piercings and tattoos and were very interested in us. They had traveled all over Mexico but never to the US. It is a shame that it is so hard for Mexicans to travel legally to the US as many of them would simply like to visit. We left around 11:30 and went to bed. I am really enjoying meeting new people, seeing new sites, and tasting new flavors! I´m already sad for my last day here! Adios, Besos...Hasta Pronto!
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