In an early posting I mentioned that there was going to be a dinner on Friday evening. Seis maestra/o sang español songs and served us lots of local good food. I really enjoyed the evening and I think everyone else did as well. Six or seven students who were graduating/leaving talked a bit about their experiences here at PLQ. One woman, Andrea who was only at the school for one week became proficient at making tortillas (not really). But she wrote a poem to her maestra about the tortilla making process. It was funny. This school is a great fit for me and I recommend it to anyone who is thinking of comging to Guatemala to study Español. If you have not checked the school out please do so by clicking on the link provided below and pass this info on to. http://www.hermandad.com/projects_spanish.html At the dinner we had lots of music, singing, food, dancing and great conversation en ambo ingles y español.
On Saturday 7 of us hired Oscar, the man who drives students to many of the school activities around Xela, to take us to Lago Atitlan. To get more information than I could possibly share with you please click on http://santiagoatitlan.com/. The lake is surrounded by several active volcanoes and the area is so lush and green and absolutely beautiful. We left the school around 6:45 a.m. and returned around 7 p.m. the same evening. It was a great trip and a very good way of getting better acquainted with other students. On this particular trip we were all Americans. Many thanks to Andrea and Lisa for arranging a great outing. For some reason all of the women selling their wares approached me and were very insistent upon me buying stuff from them. It was very funny. I must have said ¨no¨ a thousand times yesterday. Finally I gave in and bought a beautiful woven piece of material.
After returning to Xela, Jennifer, from the Bywater in New Orleans, and I when to the local India restaurant for a delicious dinner. There are many good places to eat here in Xela. I have eaten at a Cuban cafe that I really like, a somewhat OK Thai place, and two restaurants that serve Indian food, plus a good cheap taco chain. So far I have been able to restrain myself from eating at any of the food stalls. I just don´t want to get sick. The family I live with repeatedly reminds me that the food stalls are not sanitary. The smells are delicious but I refrain. I do have to admit that I have been off BEANS for cuatro dias. Too much hablo español (if you get my drift)!
Today I went to church with Fautos, el senior en mi casa. Even though I know the rituals of the catolico ingelsia I was lost quite a bit. After mass Fausto and I walked around Xela almost 2 hours. Once we got back to mi casa and sat down for lunch we were both starved. Glaydis, his wife always serves me too much food, but today it was just enough.
adios amgios
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