SamanthaAnne

Vacations officially started one week ago today. For the past week I honestly haven’t done anything except stay at my friends house. Last saturday (16th of April) my friend and I went to a friends birthday party-man, it seems like everyone had their birthday last week- it was really fun, and a great way to practice my Spanish (apart from the whole livng in a Spanish speaking country). Alex (birthday boy) had a few friends at his party, but most of the people there were his cousins, and there was also some aunts/uncles and his parents.I talked to his cousins (in Spanish of course) through most of the night. It was pretty funny- and just another example of how different people are here in comparison to those in Canada-every time one of the guys would say ... read more

Saturday: Cumple de Ricky!!!! Up bright and early Saturday morning, although not sure why... I felt half dead... However, I got up anyways and a cringing 8 o’clock and got ready for my day to begin!! I didn’t do anything really except put on my workout clothes-I was going to the gym at 10. First of all I would like to say I LOVE this gym, the membership basically includes everything (classes, squash, swimming pool, pool tables, etc.) except the pilates reformers and that freaky machine that is advertised on tv that doesn’t anything besides make your body-fat included-jiggle.... So as much as I would love to see that, can’t say I’d be shelling out the money for that anytime soon, oh and the gym is less than 2 blocks from the house. The first class ... read more

It’s been a little bit since I’ve written, I guess the best excuse I can come up with is that I’ve been busy. Late nights and early mornings have definitely taken their toll. Anywho... The weather here is getting increasingly warmer which is always lovely :) *I’m going to skip ahead a week, so the following will be about the past week* The past week has been about getting ready for final exams again! It seems like just last week we were doing exams for the first partial. It’s so crazy to think that after this week, there’s two more weeks of school and then we’re off for two weeks for spring break, and after that we only have one month left of school!!! Time has flown by incredibly fast and it’s sort of freaking me ... read more

It's already been a month since I've been here and there are so many differences between here and Canada! I've decided to make list of some of the differences; as time goes on I'll add to the list. School I have never really been one to like school so much, but ever since I got here I have loved it!! The school that I go to in Guadalajara is more than I could ever imagine. A lot of the school is open, the classrooms actually have a roof and everything but the hallways are open and there's a big open courtyard on the main level and when you go down the stairs a lot is open too. Even though the school covers a lot of ground, there's only about 500 kids in the high school. It ... read more

these past few days have been so crazy!! Luckily, crazy in a good way. Friday night was just a chill night, didn't do anything, at least I don't think so lol. Saturday and Sunday, however, were insane lol Saturday: The Start Of It All Woke up to the sound of loud laughter coming through the window and into my bedroom. My bedroom is set up so that its right beside the kitchen/tv room, and I have a big window that sees into the kitchen/tv area. That being said, I don't think the laughter was THAT loud, but it did sound like it. I was still tired and really didn't wanna drag my butt out of bed- hey, I'm a teenager, and it was 7:30am... I can have a lazy day okay?! After spending almost an hour ... read more

Today was the first day I have taken a bus here in Guadalajara! Woot woot! I was told by a few people that it's dangerous and be careful and to basically not take the bus. However, if I'm somewhere where I need to get home, and I don't have a ride home, I NEED to know how to take the bus. Sooo, today after school I went with Charly-one of the other girls doing the exchange program-and her exchange partner Martha back to their house, from which we were supposed to be taking a bus to my house to see which one to take, where to get off and which way to walk. We waited for 2 hours in Martha's house until finally Martha and her mom said that we were going *Really though, two hours?!??! ... read more