The past few days have already been a whirlwind. This is just a picture of how fast the rest of our trip is going to go. So much has been happening the past few days (since my last post) so here are some of the best things that have happened.
1) My Spanish teacher calls me “Jennifer Lopez”...but just imagine her saying it in her little Guatemalan accent. It’s so cute. It’s like her term of endearment for me. :)
2) Sabina (my Spanish teacher) and I are starting to have a little more relaxed relationship. This is really nice since the first two days I just wanted to cry because I was so overwhelmed by having a “harder” teacher.
3) Yesterday, two of my roommates and I were able to go on a trip to Guatemala City to see a fútbol game. For those of you who aren’t Spanish pros, that means soccer! The game was between Guatemala City and Monterrey, Mexico. The three of us paid Q200 each for transportation and admission into the game...that’s only about $26!! After paying for some pizza at the game, we ended up paying a total of around $35ish. Can you imagine doing something that big in the U.S.? It certainly wouldn’t be that cheap!! It was a really neat (and tiring) experience and I am really glad I went! It was really fun to see the “student section” or something similar jump and chant throughout the ENTIRE game. Here are some of the other experiences that came with going to the game:
-I was able to interact a little with people from Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada
-I was able to inhale a very large amount of spoke since the guy from Switzerland smoked in front of us through the entire game
-I was able to sit in a minibus for over three hours just to get to the game [we left La Unión at 4:30pm and didn’t get to the stadium until close to 8:00pm]
-I was able to witness a girl puking in the minibus on the way to the game
-I was able to rock out with my good friend Jen and our driver (Ruben) to songs like: I Want It That Way [Backstreet Boys], Don’t Stop Believing [Journey], and other great songs that are SO old but Ruben is so proud to have :)
4) This morning there was a HUGE independence day parade throughout the city of Antigua and my teacher agreed to take me since we didn’t participate in the activity yesterday. It was SO fun! All the schools have put together bands and dancers and they practice for months and months for the parade. It was a really neat experience.
5) I was able to Skype with a group of my friends from SAU the other day...it was just so wonderful to see their beautiful faces :)
Well, just a little taste of what’s been going on here! There is so much to come! I hope you are enjoying the stories I tell you all! Life here is different (for example, I get to see volcanoes erupt), but so wonderful. But as always, I do miss my family!
Stay tuned for more to come :)
-J
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