Hello Everybody! This week passed quickly with lots of Spanish school. Mitch and I play lots of spanish scrabble with our teachers... which we need to cut back on so we learn more grammar... Earlier this week we visited a coffee plantation and a cultural museum... I found them kinda boring. I saw a beetle though that was like 2 inches long... ugh. Speaking of nasty.... I reached for the toilet paper in our bathroom at the house and there was a HUGE SPIDER ON IT right in front of my face!!! it was at least twice as big as the biggest house spider I ever saw in Canada and i freaked out and threw the toilet paper across the room and screamed at Mitch to step on it... I don't do well with big spiders. ... read more

Hey everyone! So Mitch and I have been here a week now! Spanish is going pretty well, we are learning a lot. A few days ago, we took salsa lessons and ate lunch at the school which was ribs with tortillas and guac! sooo much guac. In the school, there is a big court yard with a massive garden which includes avodaco tree, orange tree, lima *citrus fruit like lime but sweeter. tree, soo many colourful flowers and ferns and old brick walls and floors it's verrry pretty. i keep getting bitten by mosquitos though! The house is cool too you can sit and do homework on the roof overlooking the city with a perfect view of the massive yellow cathedral. Unfortunately it is always very noisy in the house with such a big family living ... read more