Day 2 and 3

I guess it is technically day four now that I am typing this, I am getting my days confused at this point. On Sunday morning we met at the school, after sleeping in. I of course forgot that we were going to be outside all day and didn´t put sunblock on or bring it with me. Yes, of course, my shoulders burned. We then took our Spanish exam and did a Spanish interview to place us in the correct class.

In the evening, my host sister was going to take me to a movie but her friend was busy and it started pouring down rain. Instead their friend came over to the house. He happened to know English pretty well and wanted the opportunity to practice. We decided to play pictionary (I know this is normally not a favorite game of mine). Instead of drawing pictures we acted things out. Of course for each word we had to make sure those not guessing understood the English form and the Spanish form in my case. We had tons of fun with it. My host sister´s boyfriend even started yelling out things in English. Afterwards they were all going around speaking "spanglish" and they are still telling people about the game.

Yesterday, Monday, was the first day of our Spanish classes. Fortunately there are only two of us in my class and of course, it being Spanish, I must talk in class for those that think I never talk in class. It is hard work for even four hours. I am unsure exactly where I am placed on the knowledge scale but I think my classmate is much better than me at making complete sentences and carrying on convo but thats my perception. We worked on past tense verbs yesterday and are now on to future tense.

During lunch yesterday, myself and a few of the other students walked to el mercado (market). It is similar to Pike´s place except the throwing of fish but smells the same. They have lots of shops and tons of fresh fruit for sale. It was pretty interesting. They also have food places called sodas, which we ate empanadas with meat for lunch.

When leaving we had one guy that wanted to touch each of our shoulders as we walked by and was saying hello to us later in the afternoon as we walked around as if he knew us. It was a little strange...

After class we wanted to go out for a beer, I hadn´t tried any drinks or beer since arriving. We went to a restaurant and bar that was completely empty around 4 pm and had a few drinks and chatted with the Milwaukee students. We were fortunate we picked that restaurant since it started raining shortly after we went in. The rest of the evening was more relaxing with no activities. I walked home, the other direction of the Milwaukee students and worked on my homework, ate some dinner and worked on my homework with some help from my host sister checking it over to make sure it made sense.

I will try to post some pics tonight after class as I do have wifi at my house now. I think my host family got the password from their neighbors so we could get internet. Tomorrow we head to La Paz to see the waterfalls after class...
(photos were taken with my iphone)