Today´s weather is much nicer than yesterday! Sunny and warm, but still not hot. Not much new to report, other than that it was fun to get a conversation on the phone with mom & dad (hi, mom & dad!) this morning.
Yes,
My host family is very friendly, if a little odd. I don´t remember what I´ve already described, but I´m in a house with my host mom, Blanca, her helper (daughter? I´m not sure), Susana, and 9 other students. At first, I was worried that this would be a problem for learning Spanish, but it turns out that they´re all Guatemalan students taking classes in the city, whose families are in the country. Dinner conversation is lively, often, and it´s hard for me to follow, but when people slow down, I catch a lot. They´re very interested in the US, and one of the students is a follower of the NY Yankees, so he knows the Boston Red Sox.
I really like my maestra of this week. She was involved as a guerrilla in the war (Guatemala had a 36 yr civil war, which ended in ´96, but they´re still working on the peace) and she has some amazing stories!
I hope to start using my camera more in the next few days, and I´ll send photos to someone who might be able to scan them to share with everyone else, if I get a chance... otherwise, you´ll all just have to wait until january :)