Between then and now I've just been going to school and spending time with my family here. School is very different and a little boring. I don't really do any of the school work. My math teacher gave a test the other day and told me I could try it if I want and it took me like half of the time to use my dictionary to look up the questions and I never even turned it in haha. Another thing about school is I don't eat lunch there. I eat lunch when I come home from school which is at 2 on Mondays and Wednesdays, 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and best of all 11 on Fridays! We also have breaks twice a day where we essentially are shipped off to recess.
The last two days I've gone out with some of my friends after lunch to the park where I drank Mate. They are obbsessed with it here its a sort of warm yerbal drink kinda like tea but different. Its a gourdish cup things filled up with yerba and then you add water in it. You take about one large swallow of it through a medal straw that has some name I can't remember. Then refill it and pass it around. Not the most sanitary thing but it's really good. And they have it all the time. They even have special cases for it! The other day I had tedayday which is essentially the same with with cold lemon juice or tang in it.
My spanish is getting a little better although all my friends speak very good english here! I speak some unknown dilect of spanish with them hahah. But they are very reassuring saying I'm learning very fast! To help speed up the process I'm taking a castellano class in about twenty minuetes! It is the type of spanish they speak here!
Today Ana is having 8 of her friends over for another party from 8-11. Afterwards I'm going to go out with my friends to another party! My amiga, Juli gave me a CD today in class. It has some cumbia and reggaeton music they listen to here, so I will be prepared for tonight! It's all really upbeat and fairly happy. You can't not listen to it and want to move around a dance. Wish me luck because they stay out really really late here and I'm not sure if I'll have the energy for it hahah!
Well I got to go! I think I'm going to compile a list of all the differences I've noticed and share them with you! If you have any questions please just ask them :) Until then Hasta Luego.......and sorry for my poor english.....Nic!
Have fun tonight. Can't wait to hear how it goes. Will you finally get to see Olivia. Who/where do you take your Spanish lesson with. That will be good though, because I know you want to become fluent in the language. Have you given your gifts to your host parents yet?
ReplyDeleteHope you are having a fun night out with your friends ! When you say they stay out really really late, how late is that? The Mate drink you described sounds quite interesting ! Is that what you were holding in one of the pictures? Will look forward to hearing about your party night !
ReplyDeleteLuv ya - Aunt Debi