Hello all, I recently returned from my 6 week trip to study Spanish in Guatemala. During my stay, I lived in the city of Quetzaltenango, or Xela for short. I learned a lot of Spanish and had some exciting adventures along the way. Here are some of the highlights from my trip: Spanish, Spanish, and more Spanish I studied Spanish with a private tutor for 5 hours everyday and stayed with a huge host family. This gave me plenty of exposure to Spanish and lots of opportunities to practice speaking. Needless to say, my Spanish speaking abilities improved in leaps and bounds. I definitely experienced some frustration along the way as I tried to communicate my needs in another language, but I came back from the trip with much better fluency and I am using my
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