Go America

The crazy abuelita (grandmother) was here again, today...but after a nice lunch together she isn't so bad after all. Either I'm already getting better at Spanish in just a day or she was speaking slower for the gringo guest...we talked a lot. She asked me about typical American food...that one's a doozy. All I could think of was pasta, sandwiches, hotdogs, and pizza. And apple pie. CrazyAbuelita told me that most of the students that this family has had in the past and made it seem like none of them knew spanish AT ALL. So...I think I'm on the right track, here.

Balty is even sicker and Priscilla was gone all day- she had to go to Santiago to sell clothes? Not sure.
Right now I hear a woman speaking through a megaphone outside. Instead of ice-cream truck...they have vegetable trucks! I guess she's just being vocal about her superior verduras (vegetables), I wonder if they sell.

on the way to the beach

Today was the first warm day yet- it felt like spring. I didn't take any colectivos today (yet) which means I walked for a total of an hour and half. I found a really nice way to get to the beach- better views, less people, and its flat. The only downsides are that its along the highway which means lots of beeps, tons of weird smells, and a chance of getting hit by a bus...I'm willing to take the risks, the view is GREAT.
The waves were so huge today that there was hardly any space to sit without being doused with freezing water.

on the way home from school

I think someone may have taken Negrito from the beach- he wasn't around today. Ugh. We'll have to find another :( 

Classes are going great- very different from classes at OU. Life is easy here- there's not so much panic about cramming and studying and doing a million things for homework. We aren't assigned 100 pages to read and so far have had to do nothing that makes me nervous or worried about grades, etc. I'm wondering if this is how it is for everyone or if the international program is generally less difficult and demanding.

One class is about contemporary issues in Latin America. My teacher speaks no English, which means he doesn't know that he needs to speak slower for the gringos in his class. I have basically discovered that he doesn't like the United States and today- Anastasia from France outwardly expressed the reasons why she thinks the US stinks. Gosh. 

Its too bad I cant put my thoughts and words together fast enough in Spanish or I would have had some good comebacks for her- she's one that we have all had awkward encounters with. That's fine- the Americans still love America :)