Happy Cuatro de Julio!! They have a random statue of Abe Lincoln here and someone had put an L on his forehead so I took it off yesterday. I was going to put it on one of their statues, but that´s disrespectful. They teach entirely in Spanish here so it´s abit harder to learn. Regardless of the level, they answer your questions in Spanish. It helps in terms of learning a new vocab, but when I don´t understand the spanish definition it is useless. For example I can ask What is tirar, and they answer Como echar. Ugghh.´My Spanish better get [View Full Entry]

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First, I am not taking any pictures so far because I never remember. Also, cameras are an invitation to get robbed because they are shiny and ridiculously expensive here. BTW, a Wii cost $2550. Yea. Seriously. WARNING: Whining. There computer from my house had disappeared and now I have a lot to write. Mommy sent me 8 e-mails in 2 days because I hadn´t e-mailed her. Ha. Oh mommy. I wish I would get e-mails from my friends though so I don´t feel like home forgot me. Unfortunately I am going through homesickness or PMS or just an overall bad mood [View Full Entry]

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I made it all the way to Guayaquil without getting lost in an airport!! My flight was pretty simple- I had a 16 year old boy next to me and he kept me entertained drawing pictures of Spongebob and telling me I look more Ecuadorian than Italian. In Costa Rica I bought an iced tea that drained me of $5. Either I got ripped off for being American or the dollar really is that weak there. My homestay mom, Jazmina, picked me up from the airport at 3:30 and we made our way to Urdesa. The ride there was a sensory [View Full Entry]

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