This is a quick update to let you know that we have ¨graduated¨ from our Spanish school and have moved out of our host family. There was a little ceremony on Friday at which we each gave a quick speech in Spanish to the other students and teachers gathered for a typical Guatemalan soup luncheon. It´s a little sad to be leaving our small community of students and teachers but, as always at the end of a ¨term¨, it´s a relief to be out from under daily hours of homework. In my case, it could easily take me 3 hours to do my daily assignment. That may be why my certificate says that I´m on the Intermediate level. My writing is not too bad after 80 hours of instruction, but my speaking skills are still rudimentary and painful for all!
We also were ready to be in a new living situation. All of that time in a bedroom with no outside window left us hungry for sunlight and fresh air, especially since we were not invited to share the rest of the house, except for meals. The family took very good care of us, but there was an understandable barrier. Having said that, we exchanged small gifts as our departure time neared and are grateful for the warm welcome that we received from the family.
For the next couple of days we are living in a small hotel downtown with a big window and HOT water (yeah) and water pressure (another yeah) in the shower. All of this for only about $30 per night for the two of us.
On Wednesday, we´ll take a shuttle van to the beautiful (we hear) colonial city of Antigua where we´ll live for the rest of our time in Guate. The next day we´ll have a tour of Safe Passage in Guatemala City but won't begin our work there until the 3rd Monday in October. In the meantime we´ll try to summon up the self'discipline to commit to memory the mountains of grammatical information from our Spanish classes.
Adios!
We also were ready to be in a new living situation. All of that time in a bedroom with no outside window left us hungry for sunlight and fresh air, especially since we were not invited to share the rest of the house, except for meals. The family took very good care of us, but there was an understandable barrier. Having said that, we exchanged small gifts as our departure time neared and are grateful for the warm welcome that we received from the family.
For the next couple of days we are living in a small hotel downtown with a big window and HOT water (yeah) and water pressure (another yeah) in the shower. All of this for only about $30 per night for the two of us.
On Wednesday, we´ll take a shuttle van to the beautiful (we hear) colonial city of Antigua where we´ll live for the rest of our time in Guate. The next day we´ll have a tour of Safe Passage in Guatemala City but won't begin our work there until the 3rd Monday in October. In the meantime we´ll try to summon up the self'discipline to commit to memory the mountains of grammatical information from our Spanish classes.
Adios!
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